BENGHAZI, Libya – Libyan lawmakers confirmed a new transitional government Tuesday, a move that is likely to lead to parallel administrations and fuel mounting tensions in a country that has been mired in conflict for the past decade.
NEW ORLEANS – Revelers decked out in traditional purple, green and gold came out to party on Fat Tuesday in New Orleans’ first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020. The fun includes back-to-back parades across the city and marches through the French Quarter and beyond, with masks against COVID-19 required only in indoor public spaces.
DETROIT – Labor unions and worker advocates have applauded President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court. Yet, a look back at Jackson’s decisions in cases involving business and labor suggest that she won’t always rule as they want or expect.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health District 8 mobile wellness unit will offer public health services throughout March in locations across southern Oklahoma. OSDH District 8 serves a nine-county region including Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc and Stephens Counties.
BRISBANE, Australia – Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes by Tuesday and hundreds of thousands more were told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia’s southeast coast were inundated by the worst flooding in more than a decade. At least 10 people have died.
Dear Doctors: Is it true that it’s dangerous for older adults to spend time outside in cold weather? Dear Reader: Cold weather can be hazardous for anyone. However, it does pose additional risks to older adults.
KYIV, Ukraine – Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday, bombarding the central square in Ukraine’s second-biggest city and Kyiv’s main TV tower in what the country’s president called a blatant campaign of terror.
LASK AIR BASE, Poland – NATO’s chief said Tuesday that, despite Russia’s threats about nuclear weapons, the alliance sees no need to change its own nuclear weapons alert level. The alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, spoke to The Associated Press following talks on European security with Polish President Andrzej Duda at an air base in Lask, central Poland, where NATO’s Polish and U.S.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A man who was under a restraining order and not supposed to have a gun fatally shot his three daughters, a chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a California church, officials said Tuesday.
MANNSVILLE - Edwin Stanley Evers of Mannsville, Oklahoma died on Sunday, February 27, 2022. He was 75.