Senate committee votes on Louisiana congressional maps

 

BATON ROUGE — Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee members met beginning Tuesday evening and into the early hours of Wednesday as they considered competing congressional redistricting proposals; just before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday May 13, the committee voted 4-3 to reject Senate Bill 407, the map authored by Sen. Ed Price...

Counselor Faces Sentencing in Matthew Perry Ketamine Case

 

Los Angeles. A licensed drug addiction counselor, Erik Fleming, who delivered ketamine doses to actor Matthew Perry that led to his 2023 death, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court; Fleming pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death, court records...

Cardinals win Tuesday; Athletics rally Wednesday in split

 

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — JJ Wetherholt hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Tuesday night. St. Louis scored four runs in the first inning: Jordan Walker drove in the first run with a single, José Fermín's double brought in two, and Yohel...

Nebraska primaries set stage for November Senate matchup

 

Omaha — Tuesday night, Nebraska Democratic nominee Cindy Burbank won the party primary, while Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts easily secured the GOP nomination. Local outlets and the Associated Press called races shortly after polls closed, and vote tallies published that evening showed Burbank leading decisively in the Democratic contest. This week...

Canzone Grand Slam, Astros Rally Ends Mariners Streak

 

HOUSTON — The Seattle Mariners routed the Houston Astros 10-2 on Tuesday night when Dominic Canzone hit his first career grand slam and Randy Arozarena collected four hits, including a home run, while Cal Raleigh snapped a 0-for-38 slump with a seventh-inning single, extending Seattle's streak over Houston. On Wednesday in...

Braves, Cubs split series with contrasting pitching performances

 

Atlanta — On Tuesday night at Truist Park, the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 when Grant Holmes and three relievers combined on a one-hitter and Austin Riley and Mike Yastrzemski hit homers that fueled a four-run fifth inning; two days later in Atlanta the Cubs responded with a...

Utah mother convicted for husband’s fentanyl poisoning sentence pending

 

Park City, Utah. A Utah mother, Kouri Richins, was convicted in March of aggravated murder after prosecutors say she laced her husband Eric Richins’ cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl at their Park City-area home in 2022; she faces sentencing Wednesday and a jury also convicted her...

Raffensperger Campaign Faces Threats, Seeks Political Reframing Ahead

 

Chamblee, Georgia. Republican Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state and a candidate for governor, spoke Tuesday in Chamblee as part of a campaign push to reintroduce himself after his 2020 refusal to overturn the presidential election results; he told reporters he is stressing his conservative, Christian businessman credentials and has...

Texas AG sues firm over alleged H‑1B childcare fraud

 

Washington: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Golden Qi Holdings, LLC and its owner Yuan Yao in Collin County on May 13, alleging they operated non-existent childcare and autism-therapy businesses in Allen, Texas to fraudulently obtain H‑1B visas and to deceive regulators. The filing names websites that purported to show...

US Wholesale Inflation Surges Amid Iran War Disruption

 

Washington, United States. U.S. government data this week showed wholesale prices jumped sharply in April, with the Producer Price Index rising 6.0 percent year‑on‑year and 1.4 percent month‑on‑month; President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday he viewed the surge as short-term and tied the rise to disruptions from the Iran...