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Teens come up with answer to problem that stumped math world for centuries
As the school year ends, many students will be only too happy to see math classes in their rearview mirrors. It may seem to some of us non-mathematicians that geometry and trigonometry were created by the greeks as a form of torture, so imagine our amazement when we heard two high school seniors had proved a mathematical puzzle that was thought to be impossible for 2,000 years. We met Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson at their all-girls Catholic high school in New Orleans. We expected to find two mathematical prodigies.Instead, we found at St. Mary's Academy, all students are told their...
Crash kills two, seriously injures another in St. Bernard Parish
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana State Police say a head-on collision killed a Chalmette woman and man. The crash also injured an Alabama woman. Troopers say the wreck happened Sunday morning around 2 a.m. on LA 46 at Jacob Drive. The crash claimed the lives of 38-year-old Brandon Harvey and his passenger, 37-year-old Crystal Williamson of Chalmette.
The inspiration for New Orleans' St. Mary's Academy
This week, 60 Minutes reported on St. Mary's Academy, a Catholic school for young Black women in New Orleans, Louisiana.Correspondent Bill Whitaker met two former students, Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, who made math history when they both independently proved the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry, an achievement that was once thought to be impossible.Whitaker asked St. Mary's Academy principal Pamela Rogers if she was shocked when she learned what the girls had achieved. "We were not shocked…our students can do anything. And that's what we tell them. You know, 'The sky is the limit, and we want to be up...
Deputies arrest 2 for dumping garbage in Raceland
Two have been charged by the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office for illegal dumping in Raceland. Sheriff Craig Webre said that deputies received complaints of illegal dumping of trash being done along North Service Road in Raceland. Through investigation, deputies were able to identify Donald McWhorter, 57, of Lockport and Glen...
Louisiana State Police are investigating a deadly head-on collision in St. Bernard
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. — Louisiana State Police are investigating a fatal two-car crash that happened on LA 46 at Jacob Drive early Sunday morning. Police say Brandon Harvey, 38, was driving east on LA 46 near Jacob Drive around 2 a.m. At the same time, Haziel Valle was traveling west on LA 46 at Jacob Drive.
Crash on St. Bernard Highway early Sunday leaves 2 dead, Louisiana State Police say
A two-car crash early Sunday morning in Chalmette left a man and woman dead, according to the Louisiana State Police. The crash occurred shortly after 2 a.m. on St. Bernard Highway at Jacob Drive, about a mile from the Chalmette Battlefield, police said in a news release. The deceased were...
Panama’s new president-elect, José Raúl Mulino, was a late entry in the race
PANAMA CITY (AP) — José Raúl Mulino said he was practically retired from politics just over six months ago. Now, he’ll be Panama’s president for the next five years. Standing before a pack of supporters Sunday night, Mulino said: “I never imagined this.”. In...
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