Nation Jan 03 New Orleans inching toward normalcy while mourning New Year’s rampage victims Street performers and football fans returned to New Orleans streets as the city inched back toward normalcy while mourning victims of the deadly New Year's rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a pickup truck into revelers.
Nation Jan 01 Barriers to stop vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced in New Orleans Bollards were in the process of being replaced and some were apparently not engaged on New Year’s Day when a motorist rammed a pickup truck through a crowd of revelers, killing ten people in New Orleans.
Nation Jan 01 Driver kills 15 New Year’s revelers in New Orleans truck attack, FBI doesn’t believe he acted alone Authorities say a driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police.
Politics Nov 12 Judge blocks Louisiana law requiring classrooms display Ten Commandments U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles on Tuesday said the law had an "overtly religious" purpose and said opponents of the law are likely to win their ongoing lawsuit against the law.
Education Jul 19 Louisiana schools won’t display Ten Commandments before November as lawsuit plays out Louisiana won't take official steps to implement a law requiring the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state's public school classrooms until at least November as a lawsuit makes its way through the courts, according to an agreement…
Politics Jul 07 U.S. appeals court will review its prior order in a Texas county’s library book ban case Llano County officials have argued that they have broad authority to decide which books belong on library shelves, while library patrons who sued the county said removing the books — which deal with subjects including sex, gender identity and racism…
Politics Apr 30 U.S. judges reject a map that would have given Louisiana a new majority-Black House district Tuesday's decision fuels new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. Challengers of the new map said it amounted to an unconstitutional gerrymander designed specifically with race in mind.
Politics Feb 23 Magician says political consultant hired him to create AI Biden robocall ahead of New Hampshire primary The robocalls went to thousands of people ahead of New Hampshire's primary in January and were intended to discourage people from voting.
Politics Jan 23 Can Mississippi strip felons of voting rights? Federal judges hear the case The outcome of the case at the center of Tuesday's hearing in New Orleans will likely determine whether tens of thousands of people win back the right to vote.
Politics Jan 08 LGBTQ+ advocates’ lawsuit says Louisiana transgender care ban violates the state constitution The lawsuit was prepared by Lamda Legal and other advocates on behalf of five Louisiana minors and their parents, identified in the lawsuit by pseudonyms.