March 2021

Israeli experts announce discovery of more Dead Sea scrolls

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago.

Pay raise proposed for La.’s prison guards next year

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards is proposing more than $21 million in guard pay raises for Louisiana’s prison system next year as the state struggles with recruiting and retaining people for correctional officer jobs.

Look out, Labs: French bulldogs now second most popular US dog

NEW YORK (AP) — Could the French bulldog become America’s favorite purebred pooch?

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Shreveport eyes no jail time for some marijuana offenses

SHREVEPORT (AP) — The city of Shreveport is weighing whether to get rid of jail time for some small marijuana related offenses.

Extent of COVID-19 vaccine waste remains largely unknown

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As millions continue to wait their turn for the COVID-19 vaccine, small but steady amounts of the precious doses have gone to waste across the country.

Lin Emery, sculptor of movement, nature, dies at 94

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lin Emery, a New Orleansbased artist whose delicately balanced moving sculptures can be seen worldwide, has died. She was 94.

Haaland OK’d at Interior; First Native American cabinet head

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for nearly two centuries.