Lured by historic Rolling Stones performance, half-a-million fans attend New Orleans Jazz Fest
An extra day and the lure of an appearance by the Rolling Stones pushed attendance at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to a half a million people, organizers ...
Donald Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric
Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue. But ...
For a Louisiana lawmaker, exempting incest and rape from the state’s abortion ban is personal
For Louisiana Rep. Delisha Boyd, the uphill battle she faces to exempt pregnancies that are the result of rape and incest from Louisiana’s strict abortion ban is not just morally right — it’s also ...
It’s Met Gala time: See the stars arrive for this year’s garden fashion extravaganza
It’s Met Gala time. Yes, the first Monday in May is upon us and this year’s green-tinged carpet is open with early A-listers ...
Millions of people across Oklahoma, southern Kansas at risk of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms
Millions of people in the central United States must brace themselves for powerful storms that may include long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and baseball-sized hail, forecasters said ...
Knox County Health Department raising awareness of Hepatitis A, B, and C this month
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and one local health department wants the public to be informed about the illness. The Knox County Health Department said while ...
High scores aren’t the goal when it comes to Blood Pressure
Do you know your blood pressure numbers? Officials with the Knox County Health Department want to remind you that you should ...
Teachers can get free CPR training in Knox County
The Knox County Health Department is offering free CPR training for teachers. The effort is part of the Health First Indiana ...
Columbia University cancels commencement amid protests
Just a few days before Columbia University’s graduation ceremony, the school announced it would cancel commencement.
Husband of Florida woman missing in Spain is charged with her disappearance
The estranged husband of a Florida woman who disappeared three months ago in Spain has been charged by U.S. federal agents with her kidnapping. The FBI and other ...
Medicare fund’s outlook improves on stronger economy, but long-term challenges persist
The financial outlook for Medicare improved in the past year, and the program’s funding to pay all the costs for hospital services of older and disabled beneficiaries won’t run out until 2036, ...
Jayne Anne Phillips’ novel ‘Night Watch,’ Eboni Booth’s drama ‘Primary Trust’ among Pulitzer winners
Jayne Anne Phillips’ “Night Watch,” a mother-daughter saga set in a West Virginia asylum after the Civil War, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The drama prize was ...