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The University Police Department received an $18,000 grant from Firehouse Subs to place AEDs, or automated external defibrillators, around Southeastern’s campus.  An AED delivers an electric shock to the body in order to return the heart rhythm to normal when a person is experiencing sudden cardiac arrest.  There are around 15 AEDs currently available. These...

During its senate meeting on the Monday before Thanksgiving break, the Student Government Association (SGA) discussed Chief Justice Aaliyah Muhammad’s resignation, which came after the internal affairs committee discussed charges against her.  Vice President Matt Matthews led the meeting and touched on Muhammad’s impending impeachment and subsequent resignation. He discussed how two internal affairs meetings...

On Thursday afternoon, the University Police Department (UPD) and the Hammond Fire Department evacuated Louisiana Hall residents and cleared out smoke from the building’s machine room.  UPD Chief Michael Beckner said the department was alerted to an alarm at Louisiana Hall at 2:32 p.m. via the university’s fire monitoring system. Beckner said “overheated fluid in...

On Tuesday, the University Police Department held a free speech seminar in the Student Union for all students to understand their  First Amendment rights.  At 5:30 p.m., UPD Chief Michael Beckner started his seminar with a full house. He discussed several Supreme Court cases, beginning with Brandenburg v. Ohio, explaining the laws behind inflammatory language. ...

The husband and wife built their relationship and their Virginia Beach restaurant, Citrus, on love. It was infectious and spread to their employees. Before they retired, the Shoreses did something special for the staff. They gifted them the business.

The husband and wife built their relationship and their Virginia Beach restaurant, Citrus, on love. It was infectious and spread to their employees. Before they retired, the Shoreses did something special for the staff. They gifted them the business.

Children with exposure to lead could experience kidney failure, slowed growth, anemia, and more.

Alfredo Alonso Avila / EyeEm / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Just one week ago, an 18-year-old suspect allegedly gunned down 10 Black people at a Tops grocery store

(NEW YORK) -- Just one week ago, an 18-year-old suspect allegedly gunned down 10 Black people at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in what authorities

HAMMOND, La. -- Three people were shot and one person was injured in the resulting chaos that followed as the Hammond High School graduation ceremony late Thursday ended at Southeastern Louisiana University, authorities said Friday.