Arkansas National Guard deploys to help with Texas flooding
The Arkansas National Guard said it dispatched four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and 22 personnel to Texas early…
Iranian mother released from ICE detention after Republican House Majority Leader intervenes
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An Iranian mother detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers has been released…
Job for $17.5 billion LNG project in Louisiana lands on US dredging giant’s table
Houston-based dredging services provider Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDC) has won a dredging assignment on a…
Iranians who’ve been in the US for decades are being arrested in Trump deportation drive
Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian lived in the United States for 47 years, married a U.S. citizen and raised their…
Senate blocks war powers resolution in near party-line vote
The Senate on Friday evening narrowly rejected along mostly party lines an effort by Democrats to force a…
Supreme Court meets Friday to decide birthright citizenship and other cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is meeting Friday to decide the final six cases of its term,…
75 years later, a Korean War hero is no longer forgotten
AFTER FACING MAJOR OPPOSITION. A LOCAL SEAMAN WITH THE U.S. NAVY FINALLY GETS HONORED 75 YEARS AFTER HE…
NTSB says Third Coast failed to shut down oil pipeline that leaked into the Gulf for nearly 13 hours
Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November…
Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas — a planet-warming fossil fuel — as green energy
By JACK BROOK and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy…
Lawsuit seeks to stop Texas’ Ten Commandments in schools law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders have filed a lawsuit seeking to…
New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a…
Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring…