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August 4th, 2021

Tamyra Mensah-Stock credits God, praises USA in historic win

Sydney McLaughlin wins gold, sets world record, gives ‘Glory to God!’

Facebook seeks to shape, monetize religion

August 2nd, 2021

Gov. Edwards mandates masks indoors

Poll: Nearly half of Americans say Olympians should not use Games to make political statements

Ex-Planned Parenthood director says abortion giant seduces immigrants with threat of deportation

Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect

Elizabeth Warren: Killing babies in abortion protects the “functioning of our democracy”

Senate introduces text of $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package

House Democrats pass bill to pay for abortions around the globe with U.S. tax dollars

VIDEO: Gunfire erupts on Bourbon Street, 5 in weekend crowd shot

Iranian defector dedicates Olympic medal to Israel, where he trained

Democrats seek to abolish pro-life Hyde Amendment

Convicting sermon (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Preaching to the choir (Cartoon: Fletch)

A present help (Cartoon: McKeever)

July 29th, 2021

Airlines are facing fuel shortages at some US airports

Portland, Oregon abortion clinic closes after killing babies for 50 years

Restaurant hires robot as employee shortage takes toll

School singles out 9-year-old for banned ‘Jesus’ face mask

House Dems develop budget that allows funding of abortions overseas

Biden’s mask policy shift creates new political pitfalls

Supply chain interruptions, labor shortage stunt GDP

Louisiana overdose deaths skyrocketed during 2020 pandemic, 5th in nation in fatalities

Louisiana has nation’s highest combined state, local sales tax rate

Louisiana rated 44 out of 50 states for lack of support for business growth

July 28th, 2021

Long-time Tall Timbers food services director Reggie Burnaman passes away at 67

July 27th, 2021

Young LC alums follow the Lord’s lead to Amazon and Pacific Northwest

Former abortion clinic director Abby Johnson to headline ‘Gift of Life’ banquet

4th graders required to complete ‘equity survey,’ told not to discuss with parents

Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon contract

New home sales fall to pandemic low

Tesla reports income up tenfold from year ago

Cajun connection found in ‘last frontier’ of Alaska

July 26th, 2021

ReGroup offers live, digital discipleship training

His Church makes summer splash with 40 baptisms

First Bossier dedicates facilities, celebrates God’s victories

BASELA names Sheridan as new director

Israeli archaeologists find 3,100-year-old inscription linked to book of Judges

Diverse plan gone wrong (Cartoon: Fletch)

God wants joy for you (Cartoon: McKeever)

July 23rd, 2021

Louisianans urged to wear masks amid another COVID wave

LA pulmonologist appeals to adults to get vaccinations

As pastor, judge, McCallum serves God, Louisiana

Louisiana Notables

Seeds planted, harvest reaped in Coushatta

Plagiarism scandal embroils SBC President Ed Litton

Lawmakers defect, Fairness in Women’s Sports fails

LBC seeks resolutions, nominees for committees, boards

July 22nd, 2021

The heart-cry of the embattled pastor

American, Southwest post quarterly profits, boosted by travel surge, federal aid

More than two thirds of India may have Covid antibodies, new survey shows

Court says mandating ‘preferred’ trans pronouns is free speech violation

D.C. mayor painted ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the streets, erased ‘Cuba Libre’

Demi & Tim Tebow set out to use platforms to combat human trafficking

U.S. weekly jobless claims hit two-month high

Promise Keepers scores big comeback in Dallas

Kennedy releases statement on infrastructure package, spending

Louisiana dad shot, killed by teen boy sneaking into house to visit underage girl

July 20th, 2021

Hubble Space telescope is back in business – releases stunning new images

Ben & Jerry’s slammed by Israeli PM, Netanyahu after announcing boycott of ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’

Twitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over ‘misleading’ COVID info

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos makes history with all-civilian suborbital flight

Sixth Texas Dem tests positive for COVID after fleeing state to block GOP voting bill

Tokyo 2020 chief Muto doesn’t rule out 11th-hour cancellation of Olympic Games

July 19th, 2021

Israeli archaeologists find 3,100-year-old alphabetic inscription

Real estate values surge 25 percent since onset of pandemic

LA County sheriff will not enforce new mask mandate

Shots fired outside D.C. ballpark, Padres, Nationals evacuate famly, friends from stands

‘Defund the police’ advocate, ‘Marxist Squad’ member, spent $70,000 on private security

ICE sends busloads of illegal immigrants to Shreveport, more possible

July 16th, 2021

Louisiana conservatives win: Veto override session is set

Archaeologists find section of first temple-period city wall in Jerusalem

NASA Perseverance rover investigates ‘garden pavers’ in Mars lakebed

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rise 0.6 percent in June

Disney moving thousands of jobs from California to Florida: ‘Business-friendly climate’

Record rainfall leaves over 120 dead in western Europe, devastating parts of Germany

July 15th, 2021

Judge: US Air Force mostly to blame for murders at FBC Sutherland Springs

House Republicans post record fundraising ahead of 2022 race

Massive flight delays, cancellations prompt finger-pointing

Amazon to hire over 100,000 US veterans and military spouses by 2024

Cuban American protesters shut down expressway in Miami, blame Biden for lack of support

Federal appeals court strikes down law barring gun sales to people under 21

July 13th, 2021

Dumpster diving homeless man discovers bloody horrors at Louisiana abortion facilities

Revolutionary idea (Cartoon: Fletch)

Target on his back (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Stellar app idea (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Inflation climbs higher than expected in June as price index rises 5.4 percent

‘God Bless Abortions’: Christ of the Ozarks statue vandalized by activists

Israeli archaeologists uncover rare ‘Jerubbaal’ inscription from time of biblical judges

Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter to build expansion featuring Tower of Babel

Billy Graham home in NC mountains for sale

July 12th, 2021

Former Governor Edwin Edwards has died at 93

July 9th, 2021

Letlow visits Louisiana College, says higher ed success equals state’s success

Mindset change (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Making friends (Cartoon: Fletch)

Prayer for wisdom (Cartoon: McKeever)

Study: Highly potent cannabis may cause memory issues for marijuana smokers, vapers

Job openings stayed at record high of 9.2 million in May

Ohio passes bill allowing religious hospitals, doctors to refuse procedures that violate convictions

‘We’re coming for your children’: San Francisco gay men’s choir sings in viral video

Japan declares state of emergency, Olympics still on but without fans in Tokyo

Louisiana teen Zaila Avant-garde correctly spells ‘Murraya’ to win Scripps National Spelling Bee

Seven large-scale solar projects, worth nearly $1 billion, possible for rural Louisiana

July 8th, 2021

LC lunch to highlight new ministry for college students, young adults

Video: Kennedy condemns critical race theory in Fox interview

July 7th, 2021

Groups battling human trafficking celebrate shut down of porn site, XTube, warn Pornhub is next

U.S. service sector activity cools in June; employment measure contracts

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home, official says

Bloody July Fourth weekend leaves 150 fatally shot in more than 400 shootings nationwide

WAPO Fact Checker: ‘Three Pinocchios’ to White House for claiming GOP defunded police

LC convergence media students earn regional, national recognition

MBTS president condemns sermon plagiarism

Chick-fil-A continues reign as America’s favorite restaurant

WASHINGTON TIMES: Southern Baptist leader Ed Litton faces more questions on plagiarism allegations

July 6th, 2021

Louisiana College named one of most affordable programs for teachers

Supermarkets are stockpiling inventory as food costs rise

Israel uses first-ever AI drone swarm in battle to hunt down and blitz Hamas terrorists

Teachers union declares war on parents who oppose Critical Race Theory

Hobby Lobby’s ‘One Nation Under God’ ad draws support, criticism

Former La. Gov. Edwin Edwards places himself in hospice care

Make it about the lost

Checkout line talk (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Small talk (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Internet restraint (Cartoon: McKeever)

July 3rd, 2021

Gov. Edwards issues list of vetoed bills with explanations

July 2nd, 2021

‘God is so good’ says Mississippi State star senior Tanner Allen after historic College World Series win

Wisconsin birth certificates now have ‘gender-neutral’ options

Survey: Only 10 percent of unemployed workers seeking jobs

Private payrolls rise 692,000 in June, topping expectations

Mississippi River diversion, $2 billion project, aims to restore delta

NASA to study Louisiana’s shrinking deltas, home of 40 percent of U.S. wetlands

Six factors explain Louisiana’s delta losses

Supreme Court declines to hear Christian florist’s appeal about exercising her faith at work

Supreme Court rules against California’s attempts to get conservatives’ donor lists

July 1st, 2021

Supreme Court rejects DNC discrimination claims, upholds Arizona voter fraud prevention measures

FEDERALIST: SBC elites may be woke, but Southern Baptists are not

June 30th, 2021

GREEAR: Litton had permission to use ‘Bible whispers’ against homosexuality sermon

LITTON: Greear’s sermon ‘resonated’ with him, 8-member sermon prep team

Louisiana Senate president indicates veto override session likely

Let’s celebrate America and God’s blessings

U.S. housing prices jump the most in more than three decades

Unemployment rolls shrinking faster in states cutting benefits

Airport restaurants, TSA offer $1,000 bonuses in hiring scramble

New Hampshire enacts late-term abortion ban

Middle schoolers get flyer, says they can get abortions without asking parents

China orders citizens to ‘hunt down’ all books with religion

California bans state travel to Florida, four more over anti-LGBTQ laws

Survey: Most New Orleans residents think city isn’t safe, crime worsening