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• 'It's not just some faraway country': former service member recounts time in Ukraine as invasion continues

  February 24, 2022 10:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sounds of air raid sirens and gunfire mixed with harrowing images from Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine are troubling for anyone to watch. For Will Mari, who spent time in the eastern European country and got to know many residents, that feeling is amplified. "I was... more »

• Eiffel Tower reopens with restrictions after nine-month closure

  July 16, 2021 11:02 AM

  PARIS, France- As COVID-19 continues to impact the global community, some regions are implementing new virus-related guidelines while others are choosing to expand their reopening processes. In France, where a total of 5.83 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported, the city of Paris is celebrating the reopening of... more »

• As dangerous COVID variant impacts Europe, experts warn U.S. should prepare Play Video

  March 31, 2021 6:40 AM

  As a COVID-19 variant continues to have a devastating impact on European nations, a number of experts say the United States must continue to adhere to coronavirus safety measures in preparation for another potential surge, CNN reports. The news outlet notes that the B.1.1.7 variant, first spotted in the... more »

• AstraZeneca declared safe by European Union regulator

  March 18, 2021 1:09 PM

  After much debate, the European Union's medicines regulator has concluded that the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe to use after several EU countries suspended their rollouts following reports that it could be linked to blood clots, CNN reports. The European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s executive director Emer Cooke announced that... more »

• Scientists study new UK coronavirus variant to determine how it responds to vaccine

  December 21, 2020 9:20 AM

  As England takes measures to protect itself from the recently discovered mutated variant of novel coronavirus, U.S. researchers are working to determine how it responds to the healthcare community's current vaccines. According to CNN , scientists at Maryland's Walter Reed Army Institute of Research expect to know in the... more »

• After setting world record Mondo Duplantis tops it again

  February 15, 2020 4:23 PM

  GLASGOW, U.K. - Former LSU track and field star Mondo Duplantis broke his own record. Duplantis, 20, set an indoor pole vault world record of 6.17 meters on Feb. 8 beating the previous record of 6.16 meters. On Saturday Duplantis broke the world record he set... more »

• New Orleans music icon Allen Toussaint dead at 77

  November 10, 2015 7:38 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Allen Toussaint, the New Orleans music legend and Rock and Roll innovator, died Monday while on tour in Europe. WWL-TV reports Toussaint's family confirmed he died shortly after a performance in Spain. He was 77. A spokesperson for Madrid emergency services said rescue workers were called... more »