(AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law — which requires TikTok to break ties with its Chinabased parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January — is constitutional.
The Jennings Lion’s Club hosted new Parish Administrator Ben Boudreaux at their monthly luncheon recently, to get an overview of improvements and projects in Jeff Davis Parish.
JENNINGS — Frederick James Matthews, Jr., 67, of Jennings, passed away on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 at Ochsner Lafayette General Hospital. Frederick was born on Oct. 29, 1957 in Lafayette to Fredrick James Matthews, Sr. and Loretta M. Beroid.
(The Center Square) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced a historic $10 billion investment in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to build its largest artificial intelligence-optimized data center.
Children building their Christmas wish lists all year will get an opportunity to share their wishes with the jolly fellow from the North Pole at Santa’s Workshop coming to Jennings.
(The Center Square) — A coalition of 28 attorneys general has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case in which Mexico is blaming U.S. gun manufacturers for Mexican cartel gun violence.
The Town of Lake Arthur is ready to open its doors to the community for its annual Hall of Trees at 102 Arthur Ave. in the Council room. This year’s theme is “Country Christmas on the Lake” and was made possible thanks to volunteers’ hard work and dedication. The exhibit is free to the public and will be open until Dec. 27.
Now that Christmas has finally arrived, we might be thinking “what next?” While many of us are probably looking forward to the New Year and getting back into the “swing of things,” perhaps we should pause and reflect on the meaning of Christmas. Christmas, of course, means many things to many people, and in truth it is so full of meaning that it is no exaggeration to say that it means something different to everyone. But at its most fundamental level, Christmas is an expression of God’s love for us: “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
