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Packers continue their push toward playoffs as they host the injury-riddled Saints
New Orleans (5-9) at Green Bay (10-4) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EST, ABC, ESPN BetMGM NFL Odds: Packers by 13½. Against the spread: Saints 6-8; Packers 8-6. Series record: Packers lead 18-10. Last meeting: Packers won 18-17 at...
It's eggnog season. The boozy beverage dates back to medieval England but remains a holiday hit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At Scoma’s Restaurant in San Francisco, this holiday season 's batch of eggnog began 11 months ago. The process typically starts in late January, just after the previous year's celebrations are over. Nearly a thousand egg yolks, gallons upon gallons of heavy...
Nicholls faces New Orleans after Swift's 20-point game
New Orleans Privateers (0-9) at Nicholls Colonels (7-3, 0-1 Southland) Thibodaux, Louisiana; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Nicholls hosts New Orleans after Tanita Swift scored 20 points in Nicholls' 58-54 loss to the SE Louisiana Lions. The Colonels...
New Orleans visits LSU on 4-game road slide
New Orleans Privateers (2-8, 0-1 Southland) at LSU Tigers (9-2) Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans hits the road against LSU looking to stop its four-game road skid. The Tigers are 7-0 in home games. LSU scores 81.7...
A traditional send-off in New Orleans for an innovative brass band musician
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Blaring trumpets and joyful voices resounded in a New Orleans neighborhood this week as about 100 people marched in honor of John “Prince” Gilbert, a key member of innovative brass bands that have become an important part of the city's music scene over the past several...
Hines puts up 19, SE Louisiana downs Loyola-New Orleans 96-62
HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Sam Hines Jr.'s 19 points helped SE Louisiana defeat Loyola-New Orleans 96-62 on Friday night. Hines also contributed six rebounds for the Lions (6-6, 0-1 Southland Conference). Jaiden Lawrence went 7 of 15 from the field (3 for 9 from 3-point range) to add 19...
Patterson scores 33, Northwestern State takes down Southern University at New Orleans 89-79
NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Addison Patterson's 33 points led Northwestern State over Southern University at New Orleans 89-79 on Friday. Patterson had 10 rebounds for the Demons (6-5). JT Warren scored 11 points, shooting 5 for 11, including 1 for 3 from beyond the arc. Landyn...
Leap of faith: A few young women in US buck the trends by joining the ranks of Catholic nuns
PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three and “took a leap of faith,” revealing to them that she wanted to become a...
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on young nuns
Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a religious vocation each year in the U.S., and not all of them will complete the...
UL Monroe Warhawks and the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears play in New Orleans, Louisiana
Central Arkansas Sugar Bears (6-2) vs. UL Monroe Warhawks (3-6) New Orleans; Friday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UL Monroe takes on Central Arkansas in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Warhawks have a 3-6 record against non-conference oppponents. UL Monroe is...
