How to Avoid Fuel Surcharges on Your Summer Travel Don't let soaring airfares and flight disruptions upend your summer vacation plans. These steps can help. Kiplinger · Jun 7
Sen Bill Cassidy stood against Trump, so Trump made sure he lost the primary, but Cassidy refuses to fade quietly into the night “Our country is not about one individual.” We Got This Covered · May 18
Letlow’s MAHA backing complicates Cassidy’s Senate retention bid The MAHA PAC is backing Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy’s opponent. Roll Call · Mar 3
Cassidy, who defied Trump, aims to win with increasingly conservative base - Roll Call Cassidy, who defied Trump, aims to win with increasingly conservative base - Congress Bill Cassidy's race for Senate is complicated by a checkered history with Trump. Roll Call · Jul 30, 2025
How volcano victim's brain turned glass To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down Salon · Mar 4, 2025
US airlines attempt crackdown on air rage incidents – but why are they so common? Experts claim cramped cabin conditions create ‘perfect storm’ of stressors that lead to mid-flight meltdowns The Guardian - US · Dec 7, 2024
Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a price Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2024
Larry Fink obituary Photographer dedicated to portraying the humanity of people on both sides of the US’s social divide The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023
Legendary American photographer Larry Fink dies at the age of 82 Best known for his work capturing the divided class in the US, photographer Larry Fink has died aged 82 Digital Camera World · Nov 29, 2023
Larry Fink, photographer who contrasted social classes, dead at 82 Larry Fink, an acclaimed and adventurous photographer whose subjects ranged from family portraits and political satire to working class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan society, has died The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023
When a liberal president goes to war We drove LBJ from office — and got 50 years of dreadful Republican policy. Those who don't learn from history ... Salon · Nov 19, 2023
‘We are easy targets’: professor speaks out on quitting over Republican culture wars Louisiana State University professor Robert Mann is tired of battling state politicians as the GOP fights to seize control of US colleges and universities The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2023
LSU professor resigns after GOP candidate wins Louisiana governor race A two-year-old Twitter feud has resurfaced now Jeff Landry has won the governor runoff The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023
Louisiana professor quits in protest over rightwinger’s victory in governor’s race Robert Mann says Trump-backed Jeff Landry urged LSU to fire him and attacks university leadership for ‘cowardice and appeasement’ The Guardian - US · Oct 16, 2023
Fortune · Sep 22, 2023 Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, wreaking havoc on flight delays as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company that vanished overnight The mysterious UK firm AOG Technics is accused of falsifying paperwork for plane parts that ended up being sold to United, Southwest, Virgin, and American Airlines, at least.
The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2023 Republicans give $101m to sports arena as myriad needs loom over Louisiana State faces poverty, poor education and insufficient healthcare, but lawmakers are funding renovations to event center
The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2023 Extreme heat forces US airlines to limit passengers and fuel loads High temperatures reduce engine performance and the lift airplane wings are able to produce, leading some airlines to warn of delays
The Guardian - US · May 23, 2023 Republican John Kennedy: southern plain-talk or Foghorn Leghorn shtick? The Louisiana senator, once a Democrat, trots out folksy, at times racist lines in an exaggerated accent – but is it a put-on?
The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2023 Buttigieg finds himself in the spotlight for better or worse Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been in the national spotlight a lot lately, and not always for positive reasons
The Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2023 ‘It’s been rough’: passengers weather another day of chaos at US airports From weather disruptions to computer problems to crew shortages, customers are once again caught in travel limbo
The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023 Southwest starts on reputation repair after cancellations With its flights running on a roughly normal schedule, Southwest Airlines is now turning its attention to repairing its damaged reputation after it canceled 15,000 flights around Christmas and left holiday travelers stranded
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 28, 2022 How Southwest Airlines ground to a halt, leaving more passengers stranded than other big carriers Analysts say Southwest’s point-to-point flight system, antiquated technology, go-it-alone ticketing and overworked employees led to massive holiday breakdown.
Los Angeles Times · Sep 20, 2022 Luxury hotel proposal pits celebrities against celebrities in wealthy LA enclave A proposal to build a luxury hotel in a swanky, wooded enclave of Benedict Canyon has pitted some of L.A.'s biggest deal makers, movie executives and celebrities against each other in a pitched battle over the future of one of L.A.'s most expensive neighborhoods.
The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2022 US travel chaos unlikely to improve as Fourth of July looms, experts say Over the Memorial Day and Juneteenth holiday weekends more than 3,000 flights were canceled and over 19,000 were delayed