June 2022

Mets’ deGrom, Scherzer take next steps toward rejoining Mets

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets aces Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer took their next steps Wednesday toward returning to New York’s rotation.

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Tate Francois, 5, battles the heat to get a closer look at one of’s firetrucks while visiting the station. Erin Hargrave Photos

Last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday. He was 98.

Slow effort to ID San Antonio migrant dead, toll rises to 53

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victims have been found with no identification documents at all and in one case a stolen ID. Remote villages lack phone service to reach family members and determine the whereabouts of missing migrants. Fingerprint data has to be shared and matched by different governments.

Parish employment growth continues

Parish job growth is on the rise and continues to recover from hurricanes, as well as a global pandemic.

Germany: Former Nazi guard, 101, jailed for aiding murder

BERLIN (AP) — A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder on Tuesday for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

50 migrants die in trailer abandoned in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Fifty people died after being abandoned in a tractortrailer in the sweltering Texas heat, one of the worst tragedies to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. More than a dozen people had been taken to hospitals, including four children.

Hinckley says he’s sorry for shooting that wounded Reagan

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981 apologized for his actions Tuesday and said he doesn’t remember what he was feeling when he fired the shots that also wounded three others.

Critical teacher shortage

With the entire country facing a critical teaching shortage, parish students’ educational future could be in jeopardy if changes are not made soon to address the issue.

Explorers find WWII Navy ship, deepest wreck discovered

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer escort that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines has become the deepest wreck to be discovered, according to explorers.