WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds more U.S. hospitals geared up to vaccinate their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine needed to boost the nation’s largest vaccination campaign.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect on Tuesday, saying the Electoral College “has spoken.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks on Wall Street are making another run at breaking their losing streak, climbing on Tuesday as negotiations drag on in Washington on whether to deliver more support for the economy.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A pair of backcountry endurance athletes who became obsessed with the Donner Party spent the last seven years researching and exploring the Sierra on foot to try to pinpoint the final 90-mile (145-kilometer) route survivors of the infamous tale of cannibalism finally cut through mountain snow drifts to safety in the winter of 1846-47.
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that shocked the country.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced its final pass for debris removal in Allen and Jeff Davis parishes is expected to be complete by Dec. 23.
State Fire Marshal Chief H. “Butch” Browning is urging Louisiana residents to commit to fire safety awareness as we approach the remaining few weeks of 2020.
The towns of Lake Arthur and Welsh celebrated Christmas with parades and festivities. See more images on page 2. Daily News photos by Sheila Smith and Chrystal Breaux