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PINEVILLE - A woman who was rescued from the Superdome by a helicopter during Hurricane Katrina has gone on to become the Louisiana Army National Guard's first Black female pilot.

"There aren’t many women, and even fewer Black women, in aviation, both in the military and on the civilian side.”.

The Louisiana Army National Guard's 115 or so helicopter pilots include six African Americans, three other minorities and five women, including Julien, said Sgt. Dennis Ricou, a guard spokesman. »

My Pillow's Mike Lindell barred from entering Canada to support convoy protestors Lindell, as well as a truck full of 10,000 pillows destined for protesters, were denied entry into Canada Tuesday evening.

Try refreshing your browser, or My Pillow's Mike Lindell barred from entering Canada to support convoy protestors Back to video A senior government source said that Lindell, as well an accompanying videographer, were intercepted at the Port Huron-Sarnia border crossing on Tuesday evening as they were enroute to Ottawa to distribute “pillows and Bibles” to convoy protestors.

The source said that truck was also denied entry into Canada because the U.S. trucker did not have a valid pre-arrival PCR test. »

(CNN) Russian forces massed along Ukraine's borders have increased by approximately 7,000 troops in recent days, the United States alleged Wednesday evening, despite claims from Moscow it was pulling back.

A senior US administration official said the increase renders Russia's assertion of withdrawal "false," and warned President Vladimir Putin's public openness to diplomacy was a guise.

"And the fact remains right now Russia has more than 150,000 troops encircling Ukraine and Belarus and along Ukraine's border.". »

Coming late in the show’s fifth season, one of the most memorable episodes of Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing finds the Bartlet administration making two appointments to the Supreme Court.

“I hate him, but he’s brilliant,” declares Bartlet communications director Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff).

There can be no doubt that conservatives have embraced the Supreme Court as a significant instrument for pursuing their ideological objectives and entrenching minority rule. »