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​Obama's full farewell address

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


1. BUSY SLATE FOR TRUMP ON SECOND FULL DAY
The president will meet with executives from the auto industry. He'll also speak by phone with India's prime minister and meet with his newly sworn-in CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

2. WHY FEDERAL WORKERS SEE PROBLEMS WITH HIRING FREEZE
The president of the National Federation of Federal Employees says the government will end up relying on contractors who end up costing even more.

3. HIGH COURT RULES ON BREXIT TERMS
Britain's Supreme Court rules that the government cannot trigger the process of taking the U.K. out of the European Union without an act of parliament.

4. UN ENVOY FOR SYRIA PROMISES 'OUTCOME'
Talks between Damascus and rebel factions enter a second day in Kazakhstan despite a rocky start and only a brief face-to-face meeting between the warring parties.

5. WHAT 'DREAMERS' HOPE DOESN'T BECOME A NIGHTMARE
Some 700,000-plus migrants protected from deportation under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals face an uncertain future in a Trump administration... 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.
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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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