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‘Worst-case scenario’: when needed most, New Orleans bollards were missing in action  The Guardian US Barricades were supposed to keep Bourbon Street revelers safe. Here’s why they didn’t  CNN An Army veteran’s path to radicalization followed divorces and struggling businesses in Texas  The

The strikes come a day after Israel killed dozens of people across the enclave, bringing the total of fatalities since Thursday to 56.

Beware of Blair. That’s the word from the Weather Channel, which, along with the National Weather Service, has issued a warning for the first named winter storm of 2025. The storm is set to arrive over the weekend and linger

The White House says the president and first lady will travel to New Orleans on Monday to “grieve with the families and community members impacted by the tragic attack.”

In the Senate, two Black women — Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland — will be sworn in, the first time in the nation’s history two Black women senators will serve at the same time.

by Peter Hutchison with Emilie Bickerton in Paris British novelist David Lodge, who was shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice, has died at the age of 89, his publisher said on Friday. The English author was best known for “Small

Meghan McCain is slamming Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, for releasing the “highly curated, produced and out of touch” trailer to her new Netflix show during a time of turmoil. Markle and husband Prince Harry, who famously quit British royal

South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached president after hours-long standoff  CBS News South Korean investigators suspend efforts to detain president after dramatic standoff  CNN Hours-long standoff end without arrest of impeached S. Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol  CBS Chicago South Korea’s

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.

With opposition from his own GOP colleagues, Johnson was holed up in the Capitol on the eve of the vote, working to sway the hardline holdouts.