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After a sensational sophomore season, Auburn forward Chuma Okeke has decided to enter his name into the 2019 NBA Draft.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says a man has been arrested and booked with a hate crime after he attempted to strike an interracial couple with his truck Tuesday.

The vehicle they are in is a 2014 blue Ford F150 pickup truck that is pulling a white single axle camper trailer.

Alpha Fraternity brothers lead the event and talked with the teens about things such as teenage pregnancy, abstinence, responsibility, and peer pressure.

The naming of the celebration as “Easter” seems to go back to the name of a pre-Christian goddess in England, Eostre, who was celebrated at beginning of spring, scholars say.

Police in Auburn are investigating a homicide after locating a woman who had been stabbed to death was found overnight.

Investigators say the 68-year-old bought an untraceable gun and took out more than $350,000 in life insurance policies before her husband’s death.

Authorities with animal services say the woman’s alleged actions are “despicable,” and the case is being investigated as animal cruelty.

A security official says they suspect the blasts at two of the churches were carried out by suicide bombers.

A Washington State Nurses Association blog post about the comments drew so many readers Friday that the site crashed. The group called the comment disrespectful and patronizing.