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Bob Marshall: Louisiana is under dire threat, and the politicians are making things worse
Louisiana is endangered, columnist Bob Marshall writes, and the politicians the state's voters have sent to Washington are ...
Amid Loop vacancies, Chicago's property tax burden shifts to neighborhoods
The values are going down downtown. Residential is going to take on a greater share of the tax bill,” an expert says, which ...
90,000 Palestinians attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al Aqsa ...
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Trains once ferried across the river from Baton Rouge to Anchorage. But where was Anchorage?
The George S. Walker train ferry transports a train across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Anchorage railroad ...
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Jefferson Chamber PAC Announces Candidate and Millage Endorsements
Jefferson Chamber Political Action Committee (PAC) has announced its endorsement of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection ...
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Bones found 40 years ago near La-Miss. state line still a mystery
Skeletal remains found in 1984 on the bank of the West Pearl River near the Louisiana-Mississippi line remain unidentified.
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A charity kitchen brings hope to displaced Palestinians in the West Bank during Ramadan
At a makeshift kitchen inside a city office building, volunteers rub paprika, oil and salt on slabs of chicken before arraying them on trays and slipping them into an ...
Ochsner Blood Bank hosting blood drive for Greater New Orleans area
PLEN Ochsner Blood Bank is accepting donations for their March blood donor events. Appointments for blood donations can be made online or walk-ins. All blood types are accepted, but the blood bank is ...