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NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant break down the latest in Major League Baseball playoffs, the WNBA finals and a new hockey season.

Louisiana has seen a nearly 21% drop in SNAP recipients in one year, the 2nd steepest drop in the country. That's a loss of 166,000 adults and children receiving food benefits, in a state with a poverty rate just under 19%, the 2nd highest in the country.

Diesel prices soared to another record high today, averaging $6.44 a gallon. Trucking, farming, and flying is getting more expensive. But so far it hasn't crimped most Americans' spending.

A GRIM MILESTONE - Louisiana has reached a grim milestone as Governor John Bel Edwards announced yesterday the total number of Covid-19 related deaths in…

The city of Miami Beach is cancelling its fireworks and other July 4th festivities out of respect for the families and victims of the condominium collapse in neighboring Surfside, Fla.

HAZING BILL - College hazing is in the news again but this time it’s the penalty for hazing which was the focus this week in Louisiana’s House of…

The meatpacking, farming, construction and manufacturing industries all rely heavily on an immigrant workforce. Many of those workers are undocumented.

Massachusetts State Police say New England defensive tackle Vince Wilfork stopped at an accident Sunday night and helped lift a woman out of a crashed car "with one hand."

Californians face a mandated 25 percent reduction in water use, after they failed to meet previous goals. The new restrictions will take effect in the summer months.

The photos on the site, titled "The Last Rhodesian," appear to be authentic and an unsigned text refers to the Trayvon Martin case and details the author's attitudes toward various ethnic groups.