Morse News

The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate in next month's runoff vote for Egypt's president says he will ensure the full rights of Christians and women if he is elected.

Three top candidates in Egypt's presidential race filed appeals to the election commission ahead of the deadline Sunday, alleging violations in the first round vote that they say could change the outcome.

Two sharply distinctive Egyptian presidential candidates, one representing resurgent Islamists and the other a weathered veteran of the country's old guard, began maneuvering for wider political support Saturday ahead of an expected runoff next month.

Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear agency has found traces of uranium at Iran's underground atomic site enriched to higher than previous levels and closer to what is needed for nuclear weapons.

Morse native Donovan Broussard, 41, who has previously been convicted of 12 felonies, was sentenced to 12 years at hard labor without the benefit of parole for burglary and 20 years for the distribution of oxycontin and Monday in a Crowley federal courtroom.

In Acadia Parish, authorities have been dealing with a string of burglaries over the past two months.