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US officials due in Beijing for trade battle talks

BEIJING (AP) — American officials are due in Beijing Monday for talks aimed at easing the U.S.-China trade battle that threatens to hobble global economic growth.

The talks are going ahead despite tension over the arrest of a Chinese tech executive in Canada on U.S. charges related to possible violations of trade sanctions on Iran.

Powell says he would reject any Trump request to resign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that he will not resign if asked to do so by President Donald Trump, and that he is prepared to be patient in deciding when to raise interest rates again.

Both of those messages cheered stock market investors who had been worried about Trump’s repeated attacks on his hand-picked choice to lead the nation’s central bank and also the Fed’s seemingly inexorable march to higher rates.

Naming names: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children

Felony theft suspects sought

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City police are currently searching for two male suspects believed to be involved in a felony theft that occurred a local department store last month. On Dec. 20, investigators with

Truck overturns on I-10

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Traffic was delayed on Interstate 10 in Jennings early Thursday due to an overturned tractor-trailer. The incident happened in the westbound lanes near the La. 26 overpass, across from Camelot

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

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Coroner’s report shows increase in autopsies

Autopsies are up in the parish while overall deaths listed are down. Jeff Davis Parish Coroner Dr. Charles J. Deese said last year showed an increase in the number of

Morrish elected NCOIL president

MANASQUAN, NEW JERSEY – The NCOIL Nominating Committee recommended Louisiana Senator Dan “Blade” Morrish to serve as NCOIL president for a term that began at the conclusion of the 2018

State hopes to reduce inmates returning to prison

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Officials in Louisiana hope to reduce the number of inmates who return to prison after additional crimes by resuming a program that was successful over a

Toot! Toot! New riverboat to ride Mississippi in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Few experiences capture old New Orleans and the Mississippi River quite like a paddlewheel riverboat coming round the muddy bend with its tooting whistle horn, towering