NEW YORK (AP) — The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving…
Read more Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025, a major increaseThe College Football Playoff rankings placed the spotlight on, where else this year, “6-7″ — flip-flopping Oregon and Ole Miss in those spots while keeping their top five…
Read more College football rankings start juggling act at 6-7, while top 5 remain the sameFormer LSU coach Brian Kelly received a letter from LSU on Wednesday confirming that he was fired without cause and is owed “liquidated damages as required” under his…
Read more LSU confirms Kelly was fired ‘without cause’ and is owed his full $54 million buyoutOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin will announce his next move — likely Florida or LSU — after the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State. Athletic…
Read more Florida or LSU? Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s coaching decision will be revealed after the Egg BowlNEW YORK (AP) — When he first came to the United States after escaping civil war in Sierra Leone and spending almost a decade in a refugee camp,…
Read more Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump’s immigration policies are shaking that beliefLOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Federline says concern for his two sons with Britney Spears long kept him from telling his story, and those same concerns are the…
Read more Kevin Federline says his sons with Britney Spears are the reason for his new memoirDALLAS (AP) — In the decades since June West Brandt’s older brother was killed in World War II, her kind and artistic sibling who loved to play boogie-woogie…
Read more Project connects Americans to the Dutch people who honor their relatives at World War II cemeteryNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hezly Rivera was the fresh face a year ago. The newcomer. The teenager on a team of 20-something Olympic gymnasts, doing her best to…
Read more Olympian Hezly Rivera edges Leanne Wong for victory at the US gymnastics championshipsNEW YORK (AP) — With deep knowledge of Stephen King’s books and curiosity about their inspirations, writer Sharon Kitchens began a journey around Maine. As she learned about…
Read more From Stephen King to New Jersey diners, History Press books cover local lore around the USA judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans — stalling a push that came ahead of three…
Read more Judge blocks further sweeps of homeless camp in New Orleans ahead of Taylor Swift concertsMOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A 6-0 vote Tuesday by the City Council in Mobile, Alabama, has set the stage for Amtrak passenger trains to roll from New Orleans…
Read more Vote sets stage for new Amtrak Gulf Coast service. But can trains roll by Super Bowl?NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A small balloon striking a utility line near a New Orleans drinking water plant caused only a brief power outage but was followed by…
Read more A balloon, a brief flicker of power, then disruption of water service for thousands in New OrleansNEW ORLEANS (AP) — An agricultural company made the surprise decision Tuesday to cancel a project to build a massive grain terminal in a historic Black town in…
Read more What to know about the controversy over a cancelled grain terminal in Louisiana’s Cancer AlleyNEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg’s organization Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools to help secure their future economic stability.…
Read more Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools’ endowmentsGLOSTER, Miss. (AP) — This southern Mississippi town’s expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins’ home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says…
Read more Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It’s come at a cost for Black people in the SouthNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A police station in New Orleans’ French Quarter will be designated a vocational technical school in a move that will instantly outlaw gun possession…
Read more How to keep guns off Bourbon Street? Designate a police station as a schoolThe Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments, but…
Read more A Russian ransomware gang breaches the Energy Department and other federal agenciesNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges…
Read more Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court
