Bojangles closing eateries for 2 days; workers won’t be paid
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The North Carolina-based Bojangles chain of restaurants announced Friday it will close all of its company-owned establishments on two upcoming days,...
More COVID-19 shots, studies offer hope for US schools
WASHINGTON — Officials offered new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren threatened by COVID-19 on Friday as Gulf Coast hospitals already full of...
Tropical Storm Ida a hurricane menace to New Orleans
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Ida has prompted a hurricane warning for New Orleans and a state of emergency for the state of Louisiana as...
Nashville Freedom Rider Ernest ‘Rip’ Patton dies at 81
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ernest “Rip” Patton, a member of the Nashville Freedom Riders and civil rights leader, has died, the Freedom Rides Museum announced....
Old Alabama fossil plant’s smokestacks toppled by dynamite
TUSCUMBIA, Ala. — Six smokestacks at a decommissioned power plant in Alabama crashed to the ground Wednesday in a controlled implosion that began with...
James W. Loewen, wrote ‘Lies My Teacher Told Me,’ dead at 79
NEW YORK — James W. Loewen, whose million-selling “Lies My Teacher Told Me” books challenged traditional ideas and knowledge on everything from Thanksgiving to...
Three senators test positive for COVID in breakthrough cases
WASHINGTON — Three senators said Thursday they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, a high-profile collection of breakthrough cases that comes as...
Gulf Coast’s beloved ‘Redneck Riviera’ now a virus hotspot
GULF SHORES, Ala. — Tourists and servers alike dance atop tables and in the aisles at one restaurant on the “Redneck Riviera,” a beloved...
Appeals court upholds Texas law to ban abortion procedure
NEW ORLEANS — A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies was upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court...
US utility plans to switch 1200 vehicles to electric by 2030
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation's largest public utility plans to switch out 1,200 of its vehicles for electric ones by 2030, furthering its role...