February 2021

US Army crowdsources ideas to combat sexual assault crisis

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. Taylor Knueven always knew sexual assault and harassment plagued the U.S. Army. But the combat medic’s own assault early last year opened her eyes to the broken system surrounding one of the military’s most infamous problems.

Tiger Woods transferred to LA hospital after surgery

LOS ANGELES (AP) —Tiger Woods was moved Thursday to another Los Angeles hospital after undergoing surgery to his right leg after being badly injured in a car crash.

POLICE REPORT

Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.

Russian diplomats hand-push trolley over North Korea border

MOSCOW (AP) — A group ofRussian diplomats and their family members returned to Russia from North Korea on a handpushed rail trolley on Thursday because the coronavirus pandemic has halted all passenger traffic between the countries, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a Facebook post.

OIL INDICATED FIRST TIME HERE IN 1893

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JEFF DAVIS PARISH NEWS June 9, 1938

Vaccination ‘passports’ may open society, but inequity looms

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Violet light bathed the club stage as 300 people, masked and socially distanced, erupted in gentle applause. For the first time since the pandemic began, Israeli musician Aviv Geffen stepped to his electric piano and began to play for an audience seated right in front of him.

US strike, first under Biden, kills Iran-backed militiaman

BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. airstrike in Syria targeted facilities belonging to a powerful Iranianbacked Iraqi armed group, killing one fighter and wounding several others, an Iraqi militia official said Friday, signaling the first military action undertaken by U.S. President Joe Biden.

UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough

(AP) - The newest pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what’s needed to limit global warming to what the Paris climate accord seeks, a new United Nations report finds.

Canadian regulator authorizes AstraZeneca vaccine

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian regulators on Friday authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for all adults.

Johnson’s legacy still in the making

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From her long career as an educator, to her membership as the oldest member of St. Paul Baptist Church, Bettye Johnson has been a pillar of the Jennings community for decades.