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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

​1. MOST ENDURING AVIATION MYSTERY REMAINS UNSOLVED
After nearly three years, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is called off, as crews complete their Indian Ocean search without a trace.

2. ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACKER CAUGHT
Turkish authorities capture the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year's assault, with officials saying that the suspect is an Uzbekistan national who trained in Afghanistan and carried out the attack on behalf of IS.

3. TRUMP INHERITS MANY DIFFERENT AMERICAS
AP journalists traveled to four corners of the U.S. — Westminster, California, Lula, Georgia, Plymouth, Pennsylvania and Lincoln, Nebraska — to hear from citizens about their hopes and fears.

4. UK PREMIER TO SIGNAL 'HARD BREXIT'
Theresa May is preparing to make a speech that will signal that Britain will make a clean break from the European Union and not seek to remain "half-in, half-out."

5. CHINA TAKING DAVOS BY STORM
President Xi Jinping leads a Chinese delegation of over 100 officials and scores of business executives attending the World Economic Forum, a tectonic shift at the nearly half-century-old event... MORE

SHREVEPORT YOUNG PEOPLE: 

The Vessel. The Role Model. The Achiever.
Dr. TISHA WILLIAMS, DPT - Physical Therapist
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PHOTO: Contributed by Dr. Williams
by Marcinho Savant, Staff Writer

Another star shines bright in the Shreveport skies, and I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of her radiance, as she whirred swiftly, and quietly by me. Born and raised in Shreveport, Dr. Tisha Williams, DPT, spends her time developing young athletes, and healing those in need of physical therapy. In all ways, she serves.

Never at a loss for interests, or activities to explore as a child growing up, Tisha enjoyed SCUBA diving, Cheer-leading, violin, gymnastics, piano, and even a little soccer. As passions go, however, gymnastics won. She began training at the... MORE

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​​Jesse Williams: ‘Just Because We’re Magic, Does Not Mean We’re Not Real’
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​Shreveport HIV/AIDS Call to Action: 
Half of black, quarter of Latino gay men projected to be diagnosed within their lifetime. Heterosexuals not immune.
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​​The Beatings Paradigm: A carryover from our slavery past? Is there a correlation between planta-tion coding, and black parenting and discipline?
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Community Mourns the Loss of Radio Personality ‘Cat Daddy'
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Hillary Clinton: The Secretary Wears Nada​
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REVIEW: Shreveport's Ology Jazz Sextet
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   REVIEW: "United Shades        of America" with With.
​   Kamau Bell
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​REVIEW: Larry Wilmore's Set on the White House Correspondent's Dinner

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​​National Museum of African American Music to open on Lower Broadway
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​TAMIR RICE: Settlement of $6 Million, No Culpability
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​Maryland’s Largest Historically Black College Named a National    
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​NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO ARTHUR LEWIS

​Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Arthur Lewis from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. He was the first Black recipient in a category other than peace.
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