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This Thanksgiving season, thousands of cooks across the country will reach out to food help lines. One such service, the Butterball Turkey Talk Line, has 50 experts on call from early November through Christmas.

Confusion In The Kitchen? Thanksgiving Help Lines Are Just A Call Away

Expert-staffed hotlines by companies including Butterball, Ocean Spray and Betty Crocker help thousands of home cooks each holiday season.

Stacey Abrams is running for governor in Georgia. If elected, she would be the first black woman to serve as governor in the country, and only the third black governor elected in the 50 states.

50 States And No Black Governors, But That Could Change In 2018

Only two black governors have ever been elected in the United States. But in 2018, more than half a dozen African-Americans are running in gubernatorial races.

In 'Stillwater,' An American Oil-Rig Worker Crosses The Sea To Exonerate His Daughter

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to director Tom McCarthy about his new movie, "Stillwater." It's the story of an American oil-rig worker who travels to France to exonerate his imprisoned daughter.

Pack Your Bags For Six Flights Of Fantasy

Need a ticket to otherworldly adventure? Look no further. Even if you're stuck at home this summer, these captivating fantasy novels offer great escapes — to the lands of dragons, cyborgs, lizard men and elven princesses.

St. George gets court’s OK to build new city; NOLA garden fights mystery sewage bill

Louisiana Supreme Court justices ruled against objections by the city-parish of East Baton Rouge, which had claimed St. George’s incorporation was “unreasonable.”

Research into aggressive form of breast cancer; new online tool for evaluating education policy decisions; king cake baking class

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about new research from LSU into one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. We also discuss a new online tool that helps assess the impacts of education policy decisions. And, we attend a king cake baking class.

The White House and Congress are increasingly clamping down on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing app that is a sensation among teenagers and 20-somethings. Officials fear the app could be used as a spy tool.

Will TikTok Be Banned In The USA? It May Depend On Who Owns It

The White House is considering a number of economic sanctions to cut off the hugely popular Chinese-owned app from U.S. users over national security concerns.

Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 400 people in his final days in office.

On His Way Out, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Pardons Murderers, Rapists, Hundreds More

In one case that has drawn particular attention, he pardoned a murderer whose family raised big money to pay off Bevin's campaign debt.

The river banks in Sunderland here were once home to shipyards, but like the city's coal mines, they disappeared. In June, the voters of Sunderland voted by more than 60 percent to leave the European Union, even though it would put tens of thousands of local jobs at risk.

In Pro-Brexit English City, A Jobs Crisis Is Averted — But For How Long?

The town of Sunderland, where jobs depend on a foreign employer, Nissan, voted resoundingly for Britain to leave the EU even though that could work against its economic interests.

China has been growing faster than the U.S. for years. But it started from a much lower baseline.

One Huge Problem With Trump's Promise To Grow The U.S. Economy

The president has long looked to China and India as a model for galloping economic growth. Here's why it's unlikely that the U.S. could grow even half as fast.

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