July 2018

Boys meant to stay one hour in cave, but rains began

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — The boys meant to explore the cave for just an hour, a casual jaunt to relax after soccer practice, but the waters rose. The teammates climbed higher, using their hands to feel the walls for a crawl space that would lead to safer, higher ground. Those handprints were among the first signs of where the boys were, what they had done to escape the floods, and what dangers rescuers would face in their mission to save the boys and their coach.

Demonstrators march against Trump, mock with balloon

LONDON (AP) — A giant balloon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump as a screaming orange baby flew over London Friday as tens of thousands marched through the streets to protest the American leader’s visit to the U.K.

The diaper-clad infant, with a quiff of hair and a mobile phone for tweeting, was the centerpiece of demonstrations protesting Trump’s policies on issues ranging from immigration and race relations to women and climate change.

Angry watchdog slams ex-HHS chief on costly travel

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wasted at least $341,000 on travel by ousted Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, including booking charter flights without considering cheaper scheduled airlines, an agency watchdog said Friday.

The HHS inspector general’s long-awaited report chastised the department for flouting federal travel rules, which require officials to book trips in the most cost-efficient way for taxpayers.

Smith in overdrive training for CrossFit Games

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Chloe Smith is on a road trip this weekend. She does not know where she is going, what she will be doing or who she will encounter.

But jumping into the unexpected is the point of the adventure.

“We’re going to Mississippi first but I don’t know where after that,” Smith said Friday before hitting the road.

Her trainers at CrossFit Unlimited Jennings, Kimberly Vincent and Rebecca Chaisson, said they made no specific plans for her because plenty surprises are awaiting at the 2018 CrossFit Games.

Constance Lorraine Charles-Savoie

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Funeral services for Mrs. Constance Lorraine Charles-Savoie, 76, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018, at St. Paul Baptist Church, with Rev. Pernell Trent officiating. Visitation will

Lovenia ‘Mo Tin’ Pattom-Thibodeaux

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A Mass of Christian Burial for Lovenia Pattom-Thibodeaux, 73, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Welsh, with Rev. Jude Fernando

Appeals court hears challenge to Texas campus carry law

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys for three University of Texas professors asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive their challenge of a law allowing people with concealed-handgun licenses to

Willie Dean ‘Tank’, ‘Meat’ Jones, Jr.

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Funeral services for Mr. Willie Dean Jones, Jr., 44, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Semien-Lewis Mortuary in the Rosa W. and David J. Fondel

Government probing ‘new information’ in Emmett Till slaying

(AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shockead the world and helped inspire the

US says all eligible youngest children, families reunited

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says all eligible small children separated from their families as a result of its zero-tolerance immigration policy have been reunited with their parents. But