JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — A halfhour drive or so from the resort where the high priests of international finance — leading economists and central bank officials — have convened in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to discuss the world’s economic challenges, Ash Hermanowski oversees the distribution of about 1,200 free meals a day.
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district has fired police chief Pete Arredondo under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers for hesitating for over an hour to storm a classroom and take down the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers In a unanimous vote Wednesday evening, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s board of trustees fired Arredondo during a meeting also attended by parents and survivors of the May 24 massacre. Arredondo, who was not present, is the first officer to lose his job following one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.
by KATHRYN LOPEZ A lan Nichols was “basically put to death” in a Toronto hospital, his brother Gary told the Associated Press. Nichols was 61 years old, with a history of depression. When he was hospitalized and put on suicide watch, he asked his brother to “bust him out” as soon as possible.
Cousins Griffith Benoit, 10 months, (left) Arabella Istre, 11 months, and Stella Lopez, 2, take a refreshment break while visiting their great-grandparents, Wayne and Pam Bergeaux of Jennings.
The parish is looking to garner funds from the state’s water sector grant program in order to provide a new water system for the residents and industrial areas of Lacassine.
METAIRIE (AP) — The velocity with which Jameis Winston threw this week, and his form on a baseball- style slide during a scramble, generated talk of the New Orleans Saints quarterback’s background as a two-sport athlete in college.
