Mental health is a hot-button topic today. With every mass shooting or attack that takes place, mental health is often discussed as a root factor in violent scenarios. Suicide has also become a more common topic, with media focusing regular attention on the stories of those who died by suicide, especially teenagers and young adults.
2008 - Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless
“It’s time to move on
When the Nazis wanted to march through Skokie, Ill., many of the residents were horrified. A large percentage were Jewish, and some had been interned in concentration camps. The memory of those camps was still vivid, since this was 1978, a mere three decades after World War II had ended.
With graduations soon approaching, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is declaring now a great time for families throughout our state to have conversations about underage drinking.
On June 14, 2017, a team of Republican lawmakers went to an athletic field in Alexandria, Virginia, to practice for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. As they worked out, a man armed with a semiautomatic rifle and pistol approached and opened fire. Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Republican whip, was gravely wounded. A lobbyist was also seriously hurt, and a congressional aide and Capitol Police officer were wounded, as well.
With last week’s conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, America once again finds itself at an inflection point in its politics.
Following months of sustained improvement in COVID hospitalizations and an increase in the supply and availability of vaccines, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that some mitigation measures will be eased and, starting Wednesday, April 28, the statewide mask mandate was lifted.
Guys! Guys! Look, your wives, bless their hearts, are having enough trouble putting their children and priorities into proper perspective without you adding to the muddle. Keep it straight, please.
The annual refugee resettlement kerfuffle is underway.
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