July 2022

Karate Kids

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Hudson Lejeune, 5, of Jennings and a member of Third Dragon Karate Academy, shows off his moves during a fundrasier benefit held for Amber Trahan. The school put on a 15-minute performance showcasing several of the American Shotokan skills and techniques the students have been learning. Team 3DKA also performed board breaking, katas, and weapon training in sword, bo and nunchucks. Daily News photos by Tresa Timpa

Aces have WNBA record first half in 108-74 rout of Liberty

NEW YORK (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 20 of her 25 points in a record-breaking first half to help the Las Vegas Aces rout the New York Liberty 108-74 on Thursday.

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US stocks fall following another hot inflation report

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday after another hot reading on inflation had investors bracing for another big interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve later this month.

Van Gogh self-portrait found hidden behind another painting

LONDON (AP) — A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered behind another of the artist’s paintings, the National Galleries of Scotland said Thursday.

NTSB: Dad, not boy, was driving truck that hit golfers’ van

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system, investigators said Thursday.

Biden says US won’t wait ‘forever’ for Iran on nuclear deal

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States is “not going to wait forever” for Iran to rejoin a dormant nuclear deal, a day after saying he’d be willing to use force against Tehran as a last resort, if necessary.

Baseball the buzz in Hathaway

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HATHAWAY —̶ The big topic in the Hathaway community has been the announcement of a first-ever Hathaway High School (HHS) Varsity baseball team. For a couple of years now, there has been talk of a baseball program being started at HHS. When the talk became reality, there were many different responses from the local boys.

50-year sentence in robbery that left armored car guard dead

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to federal charges in a 2013 armored car robbery that left a guard dead was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison.

La. clinic that discourages abortion vandalized

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana authorities are investigating a case of vandalism at a women’s clinic that discourages abortion.