BATON ROUGE - After 41 years of sitting in her cradle in downtown Baton Rouge, the USS Kidd is headed to Houma for some much needed repairs.“She was never designed to go up and down on a cradle like she's been sitting in for 41 years, and the plates where they join and that has to be strengthened form the inside," former Louisiana Congressman Henson Moore said.The Kidd was the 661st destroyer built by the U.S. Navy and launched in 1943, serving in both WWII and the Korean War. She was...
Retirement savings play a crucial role in securing financial stability in your golden years. For those aiming high, being in the top 3% of retirees in terms of savings enhances comfort and offers greater financial freedom. Using data from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances, a 2024 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, […]
Heading to the gym to lift a few weights can be a gateway drug to a whole wellness routine. Before you know it, you’re doing pre-workout mobility drills. You’re foam rolling, or using one of those fancy massage guns that make it look like you’re about to drill a hole into your thigh. And what about those $15 protein shakes they’re selling in the front lobby? If you don’t drink one after you work out, does all that energy you spent picking things up and putting them down become a waste of time?...
The $61bn (£49bn) aid package keeps Ukraine in the fight but it's no silver bullet, BBC's James Waterhouse writes from Kyiv.
Rebirth Island's emphatic return is made even better thanks to Warzone Season 3's Infil Strikes, which inject variety in every match.
As the effort continues to support a more stable and prosperous Haiti, the U.S. Southern Command coordinated another U.S. Air Force C-130 flight this morning into Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti with a Denton Program humanitarian aid delivery. This is the fourth flight facilitated to the PAP international airport this week, an important step toward the resumption of regular air traffic in Haiti.
At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson brought up a seemingly un-American idea. He said the executive branch of America’s government should be headed by a single person: a president. Several constitutional delegates objected. A single leader at the helm? Virginia delegate Edmund Randolph said this was the “fetus of monarchy.” America had just fought a bloody war to free themselves of a king. Why would they want another? Randolph and his allies believed the...
NEW YORK (AP) — The first seven jurors for Donald Trump's hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former president. The panelists who were selected are an information technology worker, []
JANA HOCKING: Married men need to stay out of my way - here's how they manage to drive away single guys every time - Hey married guys, stop getting in our way! Seriously, it drives us single ladies crazy.On Thursday my friend and I were cornered in the bar by a couple of old, thirsty, married men - clearly eager to have their egos stroked by two pretty young women before they go home to their wives. The problem – the pleasure was all theirs.My friends and I had gone to the pub after paying...
A PENSIONER barred from moving his Filipino wife into his bungalow says he’s sending her £250-a-month to support her. Twice-divorced John Ball, 78, married “true love” A
Some people in the know at Possible said they see the conference taking a bite out of Cannes' attendance, most acutely by U.S.-based marketers who could save money by staying on this side of the Atlantic.
NEW YORK (AP) — The “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are taking a 50% pay cut — effectively reducing new production of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, again. Bitcoin'