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This Is Where Louisiana Ranks in Drug Overdose Deaths in 2020

More than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2020, a nearly 30% surge from 2019 and . . .

This Is Where Louisiana Ranks Among the Most Obese States in America

The obesity epidemic in the U.S. is a major health issue, and it's getting worse. The current national adult obesity . . .

Scott Petroleum sold to Arkansas company

GREENWOOD, Miss. -- A longtime Leflore County fuel distributor has been sold. Scott Petroleum Corp. announced Thursday that it has . . .

Child Tax Credit payments sent this week to Louisiana families

(The Center Square) – Tens of thousands of Louisiana households should begin receiving monthly government assistance this week because of . . .

Louisiana Legislature to hold first veto override session in modern history

(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Legislature will hold a veto override session for the first time in modern state . . .

Louisiana Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette

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Legislators hold meetings to review marijuana options
By Steve Wilson, 118 Reads
Sat, 07/24/2021 - 10:24 AM
Lawmakers met for the second time as they evaluate the possibility of medical and even a recreational marijuana program in Mississippi.
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Scott Petroleum Corp., a three-state fuel distributor headquartered in Leflore County, has been sold to an Arkansas company. The purchase ends 86 years of the Scott family’s ownership. (By Tim Kalich)

Scott Petroleum sold to Arkansas company
By Tim Kalich, 242 Reads
Thu, 07/22/2021 - 06:48 PM
GREENWOOD, Miss. -- A longtime Leflore County fuel distributor has been sold.
Scott Petroleum Corp. announced Thursday that it has been purchased by C&S Fuels LLC of Newport, Arkansas.
The sale was completed July 15 for an undisclosed price.
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Heathcliff for Jul 25, 2021
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Sun, 07/25/2021 - 02:00 AM
Comic By: Peter Gallagher

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Mike Luckovich for Jul 25, 2021
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Sun, 07/25/2021 - 02:00 AM
Cartoon By: Mike Luckovich

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Mike Luckovich for Jul 21, 2021
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Wed, 07/21/2021 - 02:00 AM
Cartoon By: Mike Luckovich

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Rugrats for Jul 24, 2021
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Sat, 07/24/2021 - 02:00 AM
Comic By: Nickelodeon

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States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge
By JOSH FUNK - Associated Press, 31 Reads
Sat, 07/24/2021 - 09:24 AM
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities.
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Jackie Mason, comic who perfected amused outrage, dies at 93
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Sat, 07/24/2021 - 08:33 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93.
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Madrid's Retiro park, Prado avenue join World Heritage list
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Sun, 07/25/2021 - 10:06 AM
MADRID (AP) — Madrid’s tree-lined Paseo del Prado boulevard and the adjoining Retiro park have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
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For South Sudan mothers, COVID-19 shook a fragile foundation
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Thu, 07/22/2021 - 01:14 AM
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Paska Itwari Beda knows hunger all too well. The young mother of five children — all of them under age 10 — sometimes survives on one bowl of porridge a day, and her entire family is lucky to scrape together a single daily meal, even with much of the money Beda makes cleaning offices going toward food.
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