May 2022

Hollywood, like society, has trouble with the truth

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We’re living in gray times, bobbing in a sea of information where there is no longer much black or white. We have access to more content than ever — plus raging uncertainty about how much is fact or fiction.

Keep pets safe with vaccination

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Vaccinating pets should be an enforceable requirement for ownership.

Learn the signs of heat exhaustion

The first day of summer will be here soon, and heat indexes here have already been soaring into the high-nineties.

POLICE REPORT

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(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.)

Elon Musk visits Brazil’s Bolsonaro to discuss Amazon plans

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk met with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to discuss connectivity and other projects in the Amazon rainforest.

Disinformation board’s ex-leader faced wave of online abuse

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nina Jankowicz, like so many millennials, was excited to share a social media post announcing her new job on Twitter late last month when she was named executive director for a new disinformation board established by the Department of Homeland Security.

Migrants cross border amid legal uncertainty on asylum rule

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As U.S. officials anxiously waited, many of the migrants crossing the border from Mexico on Friday were oblivious to a pending momentous court ruling on whether to maintain pandemic-related powers that deny a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Volunteer group suspends Miss. River search for girl

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After nearly a month, a searchand-rescue boaters’ group has suspended its search for an 8-year-old girl who fell into the Mississippi River last month, the group said Thursday.

Four wounded, one arrested in Hammond graduation shooting

HAMMOND (AP) — Four people were shot as the Hammond High School graduation ceremony late Thursday ended at Southeastern Louisiana University, authorities said.

Bill pushes feds to notify families of sick, dying inmates

WASHINGTON (AP) — New legislation introduced in the Senate would require the Justice Department to establish guidelines for the federal Bureau of Prisons and state correctional systems to notify the families of incarcerated people if their loved one has a serious illness, a life-threatening injury or if they die behind bars.