January 2022

Biden’s vow of black justice a nod to his most loyal voters

(AP) — As he struggled to survive the 2020 Democratic primary, Joe Biden made a striking pledge before voting began in heavily African American, must-win South Carolina: His first Supreme Court appointment would be a Black woman.

ONE YEAR LATER

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(Editor’s Note: One Year Later is a new Jennings Daily News series of stories from the past that offer readers perspective on just how far Jeff Davis has come as a community on issues from hurricane recovery and the pandemic to the census and economic development. The stories are reprinted exactly as they ran.)

POLICE REPORT

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.

Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 50-year-old bridge spanning a ravine collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet (46 meters) while others formed a human chain to reach occupants of a dangling bus.

SB petitioned to rename baseball field

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A movement has started to rename the Jennings High School baseball field after the late and beloved Coach Danny Reed, who was a major influence on the lives of many students in the parish.

IMST breathing exercises can help lower blood pressure

Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I’m on blood pressure meds, and when I meet with my cardiologist, I want to talk to him about trying this method.

Mardi Gras on Display

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An authentic Cajun Mardi Gras costume is on display at the Gator Chateau and Visitor Center in Jennings. The origins of Mardi Gras costumes come not from the U.S. but rather, like Mardi Gras itself, Europe.

A key inflation gauge rose 5.8 percent in 2021, most in 39 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8 percent last year, the sharpest increase since 1982, as brisk consumer spending collided with snarled supply chains to raise the costs of food, furniture, appliances and other goods. The report Friday from the Commerce Department also said that consumer spending fell 0.6 percent in December, with purchases of cars, electronics, and clothes declining. Higher prices might have discouraged some shoppers, along with a wave of omicron cases that kept many Americans from traveling, eating out or visiting entertainment venues. At the same time, incomes rose 0.3 percent last month, providing fuel for future spending.

Prosecutors in Floyd killing probe use-of-force training

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis police officers are trained that they have a duty to intervene to stop unreasonable force, the commander of the department’s training division testified Friday at the trial of three former officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights when he was killed under the knee of fellow Officer Derek Chauvin.

Federal judge throws out oil lease sale in Gulf of Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling, saying the Biden administration did not adequately take into account the lease sale’s effect on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, violating a bedrock environmental law.