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Boy Scouts File for Bankruptcy Due to Sex Abuse Lawsuits
The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces a barrage of new sex-abuse lawsuits.
Governor Creates Panel to Improve Rural Areas
Governor John Bel Edwards has created a study group aimed at identifying and responding to the decline in Louisiana's rural communities. Population in the state's rural areas has dwindled amid problems with job creation, infrastructure and education systems.
GM to Pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand
General Motors says it's pulling out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand as part of a strategy to exit markets that don't produce adequate returns on investments, dismaying officials concerned over job losses.
California Highway Patrol: Multiple Shot on Greyhound Bus
The California Highway Patrol says multiple people have been injured in a shooting on a Greyhound bus in California.
It’s Been 10 Years Since Louisiana Executed a Killer
Louisiana cleans its execution chamber at the state penitentiary daily, but it's been more than a decade since a condemned prisoner has laid on the chamber's black-padded gurney to die.
Virus Cases in China Top SARS as Evacuations Begin
Countries have began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by a new virus that has now infected more people in China than were sickened in the country by SARS.
2 Killed Outside Bar in Kansas City
Police: 2 dead, 15 reportedly injured in Missouri shooting
Two Officers Murdered in Hawaii
Authorities and neighbors say Hawaii man with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors was facing eviction when he stabbed his landlord and killed two officers before the house he and two women were believed to be in caught fire.
Iran strikes back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq
Iran strikes back at the United States for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander, calling it revenge for the U.S. killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani. U.S. officials say Iran fired a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq housing American troops. There were no immediate reports of U.S. casualties
U.S Citizens Urged to Leave Iraq ‘Immediately’
All public consular operations have been suspended at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.