May 2020

Our Biggest Blind Spot

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“The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.”

Grants offered to Southwest La. nonprofit organizations

The Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana is offering emergency assistance grants to help 501c3 nonprofit organizations in southwest Louisiana through a competitive grant process. Since many agencies are gearing up to reopen once stay-at-home restrictions end, preparations must be made to ensure safety.

Authorities: Man who kidnapped 73-year-old woman at large

LAPLACE (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana said they are looking for a man who escaped after allegedly kidnapping a 73-year-old woman and twice leading authorities in a car chase.

STATE BRIEFS

Five shot and wounded near convenience store in Baton Rouge

Virus impact on La. finances pegged at $1B

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana’s forecasting panel Monday slashed the state’s income projections by $1 billion because of the coronavirus outbreak, blowing a hole in next year’s budget as the virus’s economic fallout threatens deep cuts across state services.

White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents, staff

\WASHINGTON (AP) — With deaths mounting at the nation’s nursing homes, the White House strongly recommended to governors Monday that all residents and staff at such facilities be tested for the coronavirus in the next two weeks.

Organ transplants dive amid crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — Organ transplants plummeted as COVID-19 swept through communities, with surgeons wary of endangering living donors and unable to retrieve possibly usable organs from the dead -- and hospitals sometimes too full even when they could.

MLB owners OK plan that could lead to July start

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans, a plan that envisioned expanding the designated hitter to the National League for 2020.

Pac-12 has discussed all-conference football regular season

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pac-12 has discussed an 11-game regular season played solely against conference opponents as one possibility for keeping college football going this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets

CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter announced Monday it will start alerting users when a tweet makes disputed or misleading claims about the coronavirus.