Saturday, November 16, 2024

Ida deaths: Nursing home residents die after evacuation

INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Four nursing home residents in Louisiana died after being evacuated during
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Ida deaths: Nursing home residents die after evacuation

INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Four nursing home residents in Louisiana died after being evacuated during
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Ida deaths: Nursing home residents die after evacuation

INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Four nursing home residents in Louisiana died after being evacuated during
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Ida deaths: Nursing home residents die after evacuation

INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Four nursing home residents in Louisiana died after being evacuated during
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Nursing home residents die after evacuation during Ida

INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Four nursing home residents in Louisiana died after being evacuated during
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories

They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories

They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories

They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories

They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic-era Mardi Gras: No big crowds, but plenty of cake

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A subdued Carnival season began Wednesday after the coronavirus pandemic put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic-era Mardi Gras: No big crowds, but plenty of cake

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A subdued Carnival season began Wednesday after the coronavirus pandemic put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic-era Mardi Gras: No big crowds, but plenty of cake

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A subdued Carnival season began Wednesday after the coronavirus pandemic put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic-era Mardi Gras: No big crowds, but plenty of cake

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A subdued Carnival season began Wednesday after the coronavirus pandemic put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic-era Mardi Gras: No big crowds, but plenty of cake

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A subdued Carnival season began Wednesday after the coronavirus pandemic put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Louisiana to start vaccines for ages 70 and over next week

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People 70 and over will be able to get vaccinated against the coronavirus starting next week, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Thursday as he outlined plans for distributing the state's next shipment of vaccines using a network of pharmacies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Louisiana to start vaccines for ages 70 and over next week

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People 70 and over will be able to get vaccinated against the coronavirus starting next week, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Thursday as he outlined plans for distributing the state's next shipment of vaccines using a network of pharmacies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hurricanes, virus can't stop Louisiana couple's wedding

GRAND LAKE La. (AP) — Most couples might have wondered whether the forces of nature were against them after moving their wedding three times because of the pandemic and two hurricanes that hit almost the exact same spot within weeks of one another.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

2 months after hurricanes, Louisiana residents still hurting

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — As southwest Louisiana recovers from the back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the region this year, signs of progress compete with lingering evidence of mass destruction. The fallen trees that carpeted neighborhoods have mostly been chopped up and hauled away, but the roofs they devoured are still …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

2 months after hurricanes, Louisiana residents still hurting

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — As southwest Louisiana recovers from the back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the region this year, signs of progress compete with lingering evidence of mass destruction. The fallen trees that carpeted neighborhoods have mostly been chopped up and hauled away, but the roofs they devoured are still …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Lives Lost: A smiling teenager ready to meet the future

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jaquan Anderson, a 17-year-old from New Orleans, was getting ready for his senior year in high school and all the milestones that mark the beginning of adulthood — getting his driver's license, voting and heading to college.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Lives Lost: A smiling teenager ready to meet the future

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jaquan Anderson, a 17-year-old from New Orleans, was getting ready for his senior year in high school and all the milestones that mark the beginning of adulthood — getting his driver's license, voting and heading to college.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

ATLANTA (AP) — Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh anguish over a record-setting hurricane season.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta buffets Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

ATLANTA (AP) — Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh anguish over a record-setting hurricane season.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta batters Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power in Atlanta and beyond after pounding New Orleans with winds and water that splintered homes and were blamed for at least six deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power in Atlanta and beyond after pounding New Orleans with winds and water that splintered homes and were blamed for at least three deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta barrels northeast after battering storm-weary coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it ripped through the South on Thursday morning, killing at least two, knocking out power to more than 2 million across the region and prompting a rare tropical storm warning for Atlanta.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

At least 1 dead as Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings and knocked out power to thousands before rapidly making its way through Mississippi and Alabama with strong gusty winds, heavy rains …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta barrels northeast after battering storm-weary coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fast-moving Hurricane Zeta barreled northeast Thursday morning after ripping through Louisiana and Mississippi where storm-weary residents were advised to stay indoors overnight while officials assessed the havoc the storm had wrought.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

At least 1 dead as Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings and knocked out power to thousands before rapidly making its way through Mississippi and Alabama with strong gusty winds, heavy rains …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast with rain, wind, outages

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings, knocked out power to thousands and threatened to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland in a region already …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Hurricane Zeta hits Louisiana with flooding, power outages

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into storm-weary Louisiana on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings, knocked out power to thousands and threatened to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland in a Gulf Coast region already …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Hurricane Zeta crashes onshore in storm-weary Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into storm-weary Louisiana on Wednesday with New Orleans squarely in its path, pelting homes and businesses with rain and high winds and threatening to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland in a Gulf Coast region already pounded by multiple storms …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Hurricane Zeta speeds toward a storm-weary Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta sped toward storm-weary Louisiana on Wednesday with New Orleans squarely in its path, threatening to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland and batter homes and businesses with fierce winds in a Gulf Coast region already hit by multiple storms during a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta re-strengthens to a hurricane, takes aim at Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zeta re-strengthened into a hurricane early Wednesday as Louisiana braced for the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta takes aim at a hurricane-weary Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana braced Wednesday for what is expected to be its third hurricane strike this year as Zeta, the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season, headed toward an expected landfall south of New Orleans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Residents of the storm-pummeled Gulf Coast steeled themselves Tuesday for yet another tropical weather strike as Tropical Storm Zeta took aim at southeast Louisiana, fraying the nerves of evacuees from earlier storms and raising concerns in New Orleans about the low-lying city’s antiquated drainage pump system.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Zeta takes aim at a hurricane-weary Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana braced Wednesday for what is expected to be its third hurricane strike this year as Zeta, the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season, headed toward an expected landfall south of New Orleans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Residents of the storm-pummeled Gulf Coast steeled themselves Tuesday for yet another tropical weather strike as Tropical Storm Zeta took aim at southeast Louisiana, fraying the nerves of evacuees from earlier storms and raising concerns in New Orleans about the low-lying city’s antiquated drainage pump system.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Long lines as expanded early voting opens in Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands took advantage of an expanded early voting period that opened Friday in Louisiana ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election — forming lines so long that some in New Orleans abandoned polling places closer to home to vote at a basketball arena downtown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Long lines as expanded early voting opens in Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands took advantage of an expanded early voting period that opened Friday in Louisiana ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election — forming lines so long that some in New Orleans abandoned polling places closer to home to vote at a basketball arena downtown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

'We can’t lose our momentum:' Louisiana vows to rebuild

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Back-to-back hurricanes in the space of six weeks left parts of Louisiana blanketed Sunday with tarpaulins, mangled metal and downed power lines — but not necessarily despair.
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'We can’t lose our momentum:' Louisiana vows to rebuild

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Back-to-back hurricanes in the space of six weeks left parts of Louisiana blanketed Sunday with tarpaulins, mangled metal and downed power lines — but not necessarily despair.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

In hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, residents dig out, again

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — First, Hurricane Laura roared ashore with its staggering, 150 mph (241 kph) winds. Then Hurricane Delta followed, with less wind but with ferocious downpours. The two back-to-back hurricanes in the space of six weeks have left this pocket of southwest Louisiana blanketed with tarpaulins, debris …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The day after Hurricane Delta blew through besieged southern Louisiana, residents started the routine again: dodging overturned cars, trudging through knee-deep water to flooded homes with ruined floors and no power, and pledging to rebuild after the storm.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

In hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, residents dig out, again

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A blue tarp covered a hole in their roof, torn open when the last hurricane blew through. Friday night, the next hurricane tried to rip the tarp away.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The day after Hurricane Delta blew through besieged southern Louisiana, residents started the routine again: dodging overturned cars, trudging through knee-deep water to flooded homes with ruined floors and no power, and pledging to rebuild after the storm.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Smaller communities prepare for onslaught of virus patients

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — It started with an infected person from out of town who attended a funeral. Now the largest hospital in Georgia’s mostly rural southwest corner is rapidly running out of space amid the highest rate of coronavirus infection in the entire state.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'The whole city laid off': US jobless claims climb sky high

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Barely a week ago, David McGraw was cooking daily for hundreds of fine diners at one of New Orleans’ illustrious restaurants.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'The whole city laid off': US jobless claims climb sky high

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Barely a week ago, David McGraw was cooking daily for hundreds of fine diners at one of New Orleans’ illustrious restaurants.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'The whole city laid off': US jobless claims climb sky high

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Barely a week ago, David McGraw was cooking daily for hundreds of fine diners at one of New Orleans’ illustrious restaurants.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Coronavirus closures pushing new US jobless claims sky high

In Louisiana alone, 71,000 people filed new unemployment applications last week
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

In Louisiana alone, 71,000 people filed new unemployment applications last week

NEW ORLEANS — Barely a week ago, David McGraw was cooking daily for hundreds of fine diners at one of New Orleans’ illustrious restaurants.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Armed with faith: Movie shows World War II exploits of unarmed medic

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Desmond Doss climbed up Hacksaw Ridge — a 400-foot high escarpment on the island of Okinawa with a wall of dug in Japanese soldiers at the top — he carried his Bible, his combat medic supplies and the weight of his moral convictions but no …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO

Scalia sees no reason why state can't favor religion over non-religion

METAIRIE, La. — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday the idea of religious neutrality is not grounded in the country’s constitutional traditions and that God has been good to the U.S. exactly because Americans honor him.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'I didn't go through what all the other people did'

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'Do-overs don't happen in real life'

Veterans of the Iraq War have been watching in frustration as Republican presidential contenders distance themselves from the decision their party enthusiastically supported to invade that country.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Film: 'A joke among Pakistanis'

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Al-Qaida No. 2 dies in U.S. drone strike

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Iraq PM confident in post-US future

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US drops keeping troops in Iraq

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Goodbye Iraq

KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait - A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the pre-dawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and rolled into history.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Bombs kill 69 in Iraq's deadliest day of year

BAGHDAD - The bloodiest day of the year in Iraq left at least 69 people dead in a series of bombings in mainly Shiite areas Friday - concerted attacks seen as demonstrating the resilience of the Sunni-led insurgency after the slaying of two al-Qaida leaders last weekend.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Iraq PM Allawi turns to negotiations

BAGHDAD - The secular challenger who stunned Iraq with his razor-thin parliamentary election win turned his attention to negotiations over a future government Saturday even as supporters of the prime minister vowed to fight the results.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

An upset in Iraq election

BAGHDAD - Former U.S.-backed prime minister Ayad Allawi and his secular, anti-Iranian coalition narrowly won Iraq's parliamentary elections in final returns Friday, edging out the bloc of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who angrily vowed to challenge the results.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Iraq's vote key test for a democracy in progress

BAGHDAD - Billed as a key test of Iraq's nascent democracy, Iraqis fear today's parliamentary election will lead to a protracted period of uncertainty as the winners and losers try to cobble together a new government - even as American forces prepare to go home.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Violence mars early voting in Iraq

BAGHDAD - A string of deadly blasts shattered an early round of voting in Iraq Thursday, killing 17 people and highlighting the fragile nature of the country's security gains ahead of crucial parliamentary elections this Sunday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Egypt to search 3 sites for Cleopatra's tomb

CAIRO - Archaeologists will begin excavating sites in Egypt next week in an attempt to solve a mystery that has stymied historians for hundreds of years: Where is the final resting place of doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony?
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Egypt to search 3 sites for Cleopatra's tomb

CAIRO - Archaeologists will begin excavating sites in Egypt next week in an attempt to solve a mystery that has stymied historians for hundreds of years: Where is the final resting place of doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony?
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Egypt to search 3 sites for Cleopatra's tomb

CAIRO - Archaeologists will begin excavating sites in Egypt next week in an attempt to solve a mystery that has stymied historians for hundreds of years: Where is the final resting place of doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony?
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO