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June 6, 2016 DWI Checkpoint Planned for Webster Parish In an effort to combat impaired driving in our area, Louisiana State Police Troop G plans to conduct a DWI checkpoint on Friday, June 10, 2016, from approximately 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location in Webster Parish. Our mission will be to find and remove impaired drivers from the road before they can cause injury or death to themselves or others. Each year, on Louisiana’s highways, numerous people are killed or seriously injured in automobile crashes that involve impaired drivers. In 2015, 48% of the fatal crashes in Troop G involved impaired drivers. Motorists are asked to designate a sober driver before traveling to any place where alcohol will be consumed. Drive sober or get pulled over. To report impaired drivers, motorists are encouraged to dial *LSP (*577) from their cellular phone or to contact their local law enforcement agency. Support for this checkpoint is provided by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. Contact Information: TFC Matt Harris Louisiana State Police Troop G Public Affairs Office: (318)741-7411 matt.harris@la.gov Muhammad Ali's Funeral Procession Invites 'Anyone From the World to Say Goodbye'DWI Checkpoint Planned for Webster ParishOn Friday, June 10, the funeral for Muhammad Ali will take place in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Notable names that are set to eulogize him are Bryant Gumbel, Billy Crystal (who once did a one-man show about "15 rounds" in the life of Muhammad Ali) and Bill Clinton.
This comes in addition to the massive outpouring we've already seen from scores of famous names who've paid their tribute to Ali through social media, including President Barack Obama. The funeral will be open to the public to pay their respects. If you can't make you, can catch the streamed version online... MORE Trump's 'African-American' says he isn't a supporter
AP: Patchy reporting undercuts national hate crimes countBOGALUSA, La. (AP) — The knock on the door, strong and quick, jolted Barbara Hicks Collins awake. It was the middle of the night. Someone must be in trouble, she thought. She flung open her front door to the shocking sight of her car engulfed in flames.
Investigators later determined someone had deliberately set fire to her Mercedes and also tried to burn down the one-story brick house she shared with her mother in this eastern Louisiana town, once known as a hotbed of Ku Klux Klan activity. Hicks Collins... MORE 
In this Dec. 11, 2015 photo, Barbara Hicks Collins talks of her upbringing, in her childhood home, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in honor of her father, civil rights activist Robert Hicks, in Bogalusa, La. The home was both the site of mobilization of civil rights activism, and the target of Ku Klux Klan hostility. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as 'The Greatest,' dies
Police need your help locating two people missing in Shreveport
Residents of a Shreveport apartment complex have been ordered to pack up their lives and get out - and they have less than 30 days to do it
Autopsy report: Prince died of accidental fentanyl overdose
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince died of an overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid painkiller that is up to 50 times more potent than heroin, autopsy results released Thursday show.
The findings confirm suspicions that opioids played a role in the death of the superstar musician, who was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate. It was not immediately clear whether Prince had a prescription for the drug and, if not, how he obtained it. At least one friend has said he suffered from intense knee and hip pain from many years of stage performances... MORE Today, Gov. Edwards signed into law HB 906, the Success for Homeless & Foster Youth in Higher Ed Act.
Shooting Reported on UCLA Campus, Two Killed in Murder Suicide, Shooter's Spouse Earlier
REVIEW: With a Song in my Heart:
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...My Host/Server, Cathy, was more than accommodating of my mobility scooter, table placement, and offered a welcome that is all the very best of Shreveport, in one petite body.
Business was brisk, and a wonderful assortment of people, and a waitstaff which made me comment aloud that they all looked like supermodels... MORE |
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Nationwide Flour Recall Issued Over E. Coli Concerns
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10 million pounds of Gold Medal, Signature Kitchens and Wondra flour recalled. Don't eat raw dough, says General Mills.
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OBAMA: "Death fell from the sky and the world was changed."
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President Obama, the first sitting President to do so, visiting Hiroshima, Nippon; for the purpose of acknowledging, and commemorating, the atomic, wartime, destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki--- some seventy years after the bombings which changed Japan forever. This iconic photo of Prime Minister Shinto Abe, and President Obama on May 27, 2015 is not only proof of civil and diplomatic reconciliation, but also, 21st-century fruition of civilized cooperation in the ever-looming spectre of the horror at of the past... And the embodiment of bright future. Photo credit: ©Marcinho Savant, via pool video |
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE: A MUST WATCH video explaining 'Recession' and 'Inflation' clearly.
SUN EXCLUSIVE:
Black female says her encounter with police felt like profiling
By Marcinho Savant, Staff Writer
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SAVANNAH --- It has been reported that on Mother’s Day, May 8th, 2016 an encounter that a twenty-something, black female, Brittany Johnson, had with a police officer, while on her job at a wellness company.
Johnson alleges that while working at the facility that Sunday, honoring a Mother’s Day promotion, an officer exited his cruiser, leaving the driver behind, entered the wellness property, and approached Brittany, who was sitting at the front desk... MORE |
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Cosby to be tried on all charges
Judge has announced that Bill Cosby will be tried on all of the criminals charges that have been brought against him. They will now go to trial.
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VOICES IN THE TEMPLE:
Sunday Event so Much More Than Concert
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Marcinho Savant,
Arts & Entertainment Critic
Marcinho Savant,
Arts & Entertainment Critic
Soprano BRENDA WIMBERLY, and JOHN COLLINS, Bass in Sunday's benefit concert; Photo credit: Marcinho Savant
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The moment I heard about this concert happening, I planned to write a professional, academic, artistic critique of the performance. It’s what I do. Plans make God laugh, though, because only His plans matter. There will be no critique/review in this story. So much more than just a mere concert took place last Sunday... MORE
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Come Inside the New African American History Museum (Photos)
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Police: Actor Wendell Pierce upset by politics, hits woman
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ATLANTA (AP) - A discussion about politics upset actor Wendell Pierce so much that he followed a group of people to their hotel room, tried to force his way inside, hit a woman in the head and ripped the hood off of her hoodie, she told Atlanta police in a report released Monday.
Pierce gave police a different version of the early morning fracas at the Loews Atlanta Hotel early Saturday morning. Pierce acknowledged following the group to their room after the ... MORE |
Memorial Day Events Planned in Shreveport BossierMemorial Day is the traditional start of summer in our country. But we also should know this is a day to remember those men and women who have died to protect our country... MORE
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Racial disparities in breast cancer
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By Jovita Oruwari MD FACS
Cancer affects more than half a million Americans and is the second leading cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease. It occurs when the normal orderly process of cell growth and division fail, therefore cells grow uncontrollably forming growths or tumors. One in three Americans will get some form of cancer in their lifetime and it will account for one of every four deaths... MORE |
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COMMENTARY: How to go Asian
Why do black people often resist alternative medicine? Even when it works.
We are off the plantation. There is a universe of information, research, anecdotal evidence, and empirical proof that Chinese Medicine has benefits, yet most of us immediately wince, “I ain’t doin’ that!”--- instead of considering the evidence, and blazing personal proofs, and investigations. Why do we choose to be stuck on “Lock” when it comes to something new?
Afrikans, and Original (Native) Americans also have medicinal practices which pre-date Western medicine by centuries. Yet we reject anything we don’t understand, immediately. Don’t we?
According to Wikipedia, “Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM; simplified Chinese: 中医; traditional Chinese: 中醫; pinyin: Zhōngyī) is a style of traditional Asian medicine informed by modern medicine but built on a foundation of more than 2,500 years of Chinese medical practice that includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and... MORE
Afrikans, and Original (Native) Americans also have medicinal practices which pre-date Western medicine by centuries. Yet we reject anything we don’t understand, immediately. Don’t we?
According to Wikipedia, “Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM; simplified Chinese: 中医; traditional Chinese: 中醫; pinyin: Zhōngyī) is a style of traditional Asian medicine informed by modern medicine but built on a foundation of more than 2,500 years of Chinese medical practice that includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and... MORE
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American Ballerina, Misty Copeland, Gets Own Barbie Doll
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New York--- Barbie doll manufacturer, Mattel, has just announced that they will honor the African-American celebrity Ballet dancer with her very own Barbie in their collection.
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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.
Half of black, quarter of Latino gay men projected to be diagnosed within their lifetime. Heterosexuals not immune.
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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Racism Litmus Test: Caught on Video
Anti-Racism Activist & Educator, Jane Elliot, Speaks To White Citizens On Receiving The Same Treatment As Black Citizens
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Cosby to be tried on all charges
Judge has announced that Bill Cosby will be tried on all of the criminals charges that have been brought against him. They will now go to trial. "I want every white person in this room, who would be happy to be treated as this society in general treats our citizens, our black citizens. If you as a white person would be happy to receive the same treatment that our black citizens do in this society - please stand! "You didn't understand the directions. If you white folks want to be treated the way blacks are in this society - stand! - Nobody is standing here. That says very plainly that you KNOW what's happening. You KNOW you don't want it for YOU. I want to know why YOU are so willing to accept it or to ALLOW it to happen for others?" - Jane Elliot. |
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10 Things to Know for Tuesday
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
1. HILLARY CLINTON WILL BE FIRST WOMAN TO TOP A MAJOR PARTY TICKET IN THE U.S. According to an AP count, she has commitments from enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. 2. TRUMP SETTLES SCORES, BUT IS HE SECURING VOTERS? Since he became the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, Trump has spent more time picking fights than trying to attract new supporters, unnerving some Republicans. 3. LOUISVILLE PREPS FOR THE GREATEST'S MEMORIAL Luminaries from around the world will pay their final respects to Muhammad Ali at a memorial planned in exacting detail by the boxing legend. ... MORE |
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