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| Sep 11, 2025 | Historically Black colleges issue lockdown orders, cancel classes after receiving threats | By SARA CLINE
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A series of reported threats toward historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. on Thursday led to lockdown orders, canceled classes and heightened security. Related Articles
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| May 27, 2025 | New Orleans jail escapees caught following car chase in Texas; 2 inmates still on the run | Authorities also said Monday that five people were arrested for assisting Vanburen following the audacious jail escape through a hole behind a toilet. Three of those people share the same last name as Vanburen, including Lenton Vanburen Sr.... |
| May 19, 2025 | Sheriff says ‘defective’ locks were a key factor in Louisiana jailbreak by 10 men | Mallet said the current system at the jail, which houses around 1,400 people, was built for a “minimum custody type of inmate.”
But he classified many at the jail as “high security” inmates who are awaiting trials for violent offenses, incl... |
| May 30, 2024 | Louisiana to pay for private school tuition with tax dollars — but program cost, timeline unclear | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Louisiana parents could one day get state money to pay for private school tuition, uniforms, tutoring or other expenses with a bill working its way through the statehouse.
Why it matters: The bill, SB... |
| May 17, 2024 | Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Louisiana is poised to become the first state requiring display of the Ten Commandments at all schools that receive public funding, including colleges and universities.
The big picture: Lawmakers in o... |
| May 2, 2024 | New wealthy, white city in Louisiana just became one of state's largest towns | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A wealthy, white community in Baton Rouge got the OK from Louisiana's highest court to form its own city separate from the state's capital.
Why it matters: With its incorporation, St. George becomes o... |
| Apr 21, 2024 | Opinion Columnists | Opinion: Dara E. Purvis: Other states, like Arizona, could resurrect 100-year-old laws on abortion, LGBTQ+ issues
By Dara E. Purvis | By Dara E. Purvis
When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to get an abortion in June 2022, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the court “should reconsider” other rights it currently recognizes — like the rights for sa... |
| Feb 26, 2024 | What data says on crime as Louisiana lawmakers look to roll back reforms | As the Louisiana Legislature is poised to backtrack a slate of criminal justice reforms, one expert says there's no data to suggest the legislation being considered will actually help deter crime.
"It feels like trying to fix the Saint... |
| Jan 15, 2024 | Louisiana could add Democrat to House and scrap jungle primary in special session | Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has been in office just a week, but things are already getting busy with the start of a special session Monday aimed at redrawing the state's congressional districts and possibly changing the state's primary syste... |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 66 celebrities who don't identify as either straight or gay | Entertainment 66 celebrities who don't identify as either straight or gay
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| Sep 19, 2023 | Vivek Ramaswamy is in his TikTok era, with Jake Paul’s endorsement | Vivek Ramaswamy is on TikTok now, thanks to Jake Paul.
In the week since he joined the platform, Ramaswamy has amassed about 33,000 followers, secured an endorsement from one of the most polarizing creators in YouTube history and attempted ... |
| Aug 31, 2023 | The disaster vultures | Redeem now
When disaster strikes, there are often two tragedies. The first, and most important, is the loss of life: Over 100 people died when wildfires burned across Hawaii in early August. Homes, cherished belongings, and local history we... |
| Aug 11, 2023 | As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go | Louisiana, United States – Down in Cameron Parish, a storm-wracked region low on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, Patrick Hebert has a talent for finding the dead.
Since 2005, he has found hundreds of lost caskets – stuck on levees and fenc... |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Louisiana unveils 2023 "I voted" sticker by artist Becky Fos | Louisiana voters will get a new, colorful "I voted" sticker after casting their ballots this fall.
Driving the news: Kyle Ardoin, Louisiana's secretary of state, this week unveiled the 2023 sticker by Jefferson Parish artist Becky... |
| Jun 23, 2023 | In photos: LSU is having a ball at the College World Series | People everywhere are catching LSU baseball fever, after the Tigers' remarkable, fireballing, heart-stopping, hootin'-n-hollerin', Jell-O shot-downing run to the College World Series championship series.
Zoom in: They can thank New Orleans ... |
| Mar 4, 2023 | LSU issues statement on academic misconduct after college athlete influencer Olivia Dunne promoted AI essay helper on TikTok | Student athlete-slash-TikToker Olivia Dunne posted a paid partnership video about using AI for homework help.
Three days after the video was published, LSU made a statement about the power of AI and warned students of academic misconduct.
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| Jan 5, 2023 | Pornhub is requiring viewers in Louisiana to verify their age with a government ID as part of a new state law | Pornhub is making users in Louisiana verify their age with a form of government ID, Vice reported.
The move is part of the state's new law requiring porn sites to vet minors with age-verifying tech.
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| Jan 3, 2023 | You must now verify your drivers license to watch Pornhub in Louisiana | At the start of the year, a new law went into effect in Louisiana, which requires online publishers to conduct age verification checks if their site’s content is more than 33.3% pornography.
In accordance with this law, Pornhub now requires... |
| Dec 28, 2022 | See bizarre photos of dead Hollister stores turned into aquariums, haunted houses, escape rooms, and more | A Hollister store. Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images
Dead Hollister stores in malls around the country are being transformed into everything from aquariums to axe throwing venues.
Many have maintained the store's iconic aesthetic,... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | 10 US cities where homebuyers can find a good deal right now | Anna Gorin/Getty Images
Inflation and interest rate hikes have pushed US housing affordability to a three-decade low. This has led to a slowdown in home purchases across the country. It's an interesting moment in which several cities are bo... |
| Jun 30, 2022 | Houses Are Still Selling Like Hotcakes In These 10 Cities In 2022 | House market getty |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Louisiana reproductive rights advocate Rep. Mandie Landry looks to make women's issues centerpiece of Louisiana State Senate candidacy | Rep. Landry speaking at an abortion rights rally in front of SCOTUS, March 2020.
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Successive Governors of Louisiana since 2004 have prepared for all abortion clinics to be banned in the state if Roe v. Wade ... |
| May 23, 2022 | Lets talk about Cybersecurity for the Manufacturing Sector: CS2AI Symposium Wednesday, May 25 1:00PM EST | We invite you to join us for Part 1 of the Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Sector this Wednesday at 1 EST. This symposium is free and virtual.
Whatever metric one chooses to study, it is easy to see that the manufacturing sector is enormous... |
| Oct 4, 2021 | A ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner fights for freedom | Listen to this story:
New Orleans, Louisiana — The Bossier Parish Courthouse is located in the town of Benton in northwest Louisiana, about a 30-minute drive across and then up the east bank of the Red River from Mollie Peoples’s home in Sh... |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Supply Chain Chaos Spreads To Inland Waterways | A river barge passes by Alton, Illinois down the Mississippi River and under the Clark Bridge in ... [+] Alton, IL. (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| Jul 25, 2021 | Alabama doctor describes how sick COVID patients ‘beg’ for the vaccine but she can only hold their hand and tell them it is too late | Medical staff member Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez raises his fist to celebrate after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 21, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura/Getty Images
Amid rising case... |
| Mar 6, 2021 | Dillard’s Clearance Centers Bring Bargains And Impending Vacancies To Troubled Shopping Malls | The Dillard's Clearance Center at the West Oaks Mall in Houston, Texas has operated for 10 years. ... [+] The mall formerly housed a Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, Macy's and others. Dillard's is the last official retail anchor. Dill... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | Scores Of Colleges Announce Plans For Near-Normal Fall Semesters | The increased availability of coronavirus vaccines is leading colleges and universities to become ... [+] more confident they can resume something approximating normal campus operations this fall. getty |
| Mar 3, 2021 | Texas isn’t the only state lifting COVID-19 restrictions. Here’s how 11 other states and cities are easing lockdowns, despite the CDC insisting that ‘now is not the time.’ | Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool
Texas on Tuesday became the largest US state to ease its lockdown restrictions.
Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order that would end all COVID-19 restrictions, includ... |
| Mar 3, 2021 | Texas isn't the only state lifting COVID-19 restrictions. Here's how 11 other states and cities are easing lockdowns, despite the CDC insisting that 'now is not the time.' | Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool
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Texas on Tuesday became the largest US state to ease its lockdown restrictions.
Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order that would end all COVID-19 restricti... |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Louisiana AG Sues Journalists To Keep Them From Obtaining Documents Detailing Sexual Harassment By Top Prosecutor | Another public official is attempting to make the public records request process even more aggravating and expensive than it already is. |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Louisiana AG Sues Journalists To Keep Them From Obtaining Documents Detailing Sexual Harassment By Top Prosecutor | Another public official is attempting to make the public records request process even more aggravating and expensive than it already is. |
| Jan 27, 2021 | MacKenzie Scott Shows A Better Way To Do Higher Ed Philanthropy | Picture of MacKenzie ScottEvan Agostini/Invision/AP |
| Jan 10, 2021 | Fired College Football Coaches Collecting Buyouts Ranging From $175,000 To $21 Million | Gus Malzahn's buyout calls for $21.45 million. He was fired after leading Auburn to a 68-35 record ... [+] over eight seasons. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Jan 4, 2021 | How To Respond To Multiple Crisis Situations Created By The Coronavirus And Other Emergencies | |
| Dec 9, 2020 | How many coronavirus vaccine doses each US state will get to start | Three coronavirus vaccines – from Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca – have shown positive results in late-stage trials.
The federal government is allocating vaccine doses to states by population.
Most states have announced the number of dose... |
| Nov 7, 2020 | Louisiana arsonist who torched 3 Black churches to impress the black metal community sentenced to 25 years in prison | Mugshot of Holden Matthews, 23. Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal
Louisiana man who set fire to three Black churches to impress the “black metal” community sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Holden Matthews, 23, set fire to St. Mary Bapt... |
| Oct 28, 2020 | How The Renewables Industry Can Survive The Pandemic | President and CEO of Plug Power, directing all aspects of the company, and bringing the hydrogen fuel cell market to commercialization. |
| Oct 7, 2020 | America scrambles to take part in the Mark Zuckerberg $250 million gold rush | Mark Zuckerberg’s $250 million gift to bolster local governments has set off a gold rush across the country as frenzied election officials rush to apply, secure, and deploy the money.
In rural America and the nation’s biggest cities alike, ... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Facebook said it removed 2 of Rep. Clay Higgins' posts for violating the company's policies against inciting violence after the congressman suggested killing armed protesters | Facebook removed two of Congressman Clay Higgins' posts for "violating our policies against inciting violence" after he suggested killing armed demonstrators if they showed up to a Louisiana protest.
"One way ticket fellas. H... |
| Aug 30, 2020 | Laura Batters Lake Charles, Spares Gulf Coast Refiners | US President Donald Trump (red cap) tours the damage caused by Hurricane Laura, in Lake Charles, ... [+] Louisiana, on August 29, 2020. - At least 15 people were killed after Laura slammed into the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas,... |
| Aug 24, 2020 | Most States Failing To Maximize Eligibility For Extra $300 Weekly Unemployment Benefit | Trump's executive memo authorizing an extra $300 unemployment benefits could help millions of ... [+] Americans until Congress passes the next coronavirus stimulus bill; however, it behooves states to take steps to increase how many unemplo... |
| May 27, 2020 | LSU’s Bo Pelini And Five Other FBS Coordinators Who Could Become Head Coaches Again | Former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini will serve as defensive coordinator this season at LSU, where ... [+] he coached from 2005-07. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| May 21, 2020 | COVID-19 outbreak sickens 100 workers in Louisiana crawfish industry | Around 100 people at three crawfish farms in Louisiana have tested positive for COVID-19, state health officials announced earlier this week.
The Louisiana Department of Health declined to name the three crawfish farms, citing “active, evol... |
| Mar 16, 2020 | Time To Go Crypto? Capital One Bank Branches Temporarily Shuts Down for COVID-19 | Given that banking services in one way or the other involve physical contact, these institutions are understandably affected as the coronavirus continues to cripple the global economy.
Capital One, an American bank holding company, announce... |
| Mar 12, 2020 | What It's Like to Get an Abortion in Louisiana | What It’s Like to Get an Abortion
Abortion access varies widely for people in different parts of the country. We're going state by state.
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Louisiana is notoriously hostile to reproductive rights, and has now become the first state... |
| Mar 7, 2020 | Casino Money In Louisiana Find Alternative Ways To Fund State Political Campaigns | Last year, Caesars Entertainment finally managed to extend the lease for their Harrah’s property in Lousiana for another 30 years. New Orleans Has Only One Casino, Harrah’s
HB544 passed through the Senate to give rights to Caesars to operat... |
| Nov 29, 2019 | Major Matchups In College Football Rivalry Week Draw Biggest Betting Action | Alabama wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (17) runs a pass reception in for a long touchdown, working by ... [+] Alabama defensive back Saivion Smith (4) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, in Tuscalo... |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Hacker’s paradise: Louisiana’s ransomware disaster far from over | Enlarge / Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at dusk.
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| Oct 30, 2019 | The count of managed service providers getting hit with ransomware mounts | Enlarge
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| Aug 23, 2019 | Rutgers Forces LA High School To Change Logos Due To Its 'R' Trademark | Over the years, we've seen plenty of aggression from universities when it comes to trademark enforcement. The impetus for much of this was rulings nearly a decade ago that essentially gave universities far broader and more exclusive rights ... |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Rutgers Forces LA High School To Change Logos Due To Its 'R' Trademark | Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of aggression from universities when it comes to trademark enforcement. The impetus for much of this was rulings nearly a decade ago that essentially gave universities far broader and more exclusive rights ... |
| May 8, 2019 | Louisiana prisoners to get non-FDA-approved BioCorRx implant | BioCorRx (OTC:BICX) has begun a controversial pilot program to provide soon-to-be-released Louisiana prison inmates an opioid addiction treatment implant that has not been approved by the FDA.
The pilot, announced last week, has drawn prais... |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Big solar coming (back) to Montana, banks feeling the heat over alleged DC Solar ponzi scheme: pvMB 4/18/19 | 160 MW proposed in Montana – Well would you look at that, you reinstate PURPA and the projects start rolling in. This is true in Montana, as Clenera LLC has submitted a bid to develop a 160-megawatt solar project between Apex and Dillion in... |
| Mar 11, 2019 | pvMB 3/11/19: Wisconsin’s big development, Vistra’s energy retail business… and more! | Massive plant planned in Wisconsin – It seems that in the last couple of months, every underdeveloped state has kicked things up a notch. Today, Wisconsin joins that list. New York developer Ranger Power is closing in on securing the land f... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | Gambling On The Ballot: Arkansas And Louisiana Voters Deciding Future Of Sports Betting And DFS | Arkansas voters will decide on Issue 4, a proposed constitutional amendment that could pave the way... [+] for legalized sports betting across the state. Voters in six states will decide on gambling measures on Election Day. (Photo by Ethan... |
| Oct 23, 2018 | NFL Waiver Wire Week 8: Top Fantasy Football Free-Agent Pickups At Every Position | Hannah Foslien/Getty Images |
| Sep 25, 2018 | Louisiana's Attorney General Wants To Break Up Google Over 'Bias' | The latest in this ridiculous political fight over the claimed, but not proven, “political bias” found in search results and social media is that Louisiana’s Attorney General says we should break up the big internet companies because of it.... |
| Jul 30, 2018 | Inside the Funeral Homes Posing the Dead Like They're Still Alive | Two weeks after Renard Matthews was tragically shot and killed in his New Orleans neighborhood, the 18-year-old looked exactly how he had in life. At his wake, he lay slumped in an office chair in front of a TV "playing" NBA2K wit... |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Mayor of Cash-Strapped Louisiana City Pitches ICO | Joel Robideaux, the mayor-president of the Louisiana city and parish of Lafayette, urged local residents on Thursday to consider launching an initial coin offering (ICO).
Lafayette parish is in dire financial straits, officials say. A prese... |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Domestic Violence Abusers Can Still Legally Purchase Guns | In 2014, Sarah Engle testified before the Wisconsin state legislature about a terrifying night, six years earlier, when her abusive boyfriend broke into her home. After shooting and killing her mother, he raped her at gunpoint several times... |
| Mar 23, 2018 | New Orleans' Secret Predictive Policing Software Challenged In Court | Predictive policing software — developed by Palantir and deployed secretly by the New Orleans Police Department for nearly six years — is at the center of a criminal prosecution. The Verge first reported the NOPD’s secret use of Palantir’s ... |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Cop Hits Woman's Car At 94 MPH, Killing Her Infant. Police Arrest Woman For Negligent Homicide. | This is how things go in the US, where law enforcement is treated like a favored religion and everyone who isn’t on the inside is just grist for prosecution mills. Here’s the setup, via Matt Pearce. |
| Oct 3, 2017 | More Prisons Banning In-Person Visits, Adding To Securus Tech's Pile Of Cash | Jails and prisons continue to sacrifice what few physical interactions prisoners have with loved ones on the outside to phone service provider Securus. The New Orleans Advocate reports a local jail is the latest in a long line of correction... |
| May 1, 2017 | Louisiana DA's Office Used Fake Subpoenas For Decades To Trick People Into Talking To Prosecutors | If defense lawyers did this, you can bet the local prosecutor’s office would be there in an instant to file charges. But since it’s a prosecutor’s office doing it, local prosecutors see nothing wrong with lying to witnesses to obtain testim... |
| Jan 4, 2017 | Louisiana governor replaces state’s fisheries chief | Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has named a new head of the state’s department of wildlife and fisheries, just days after the previous chief suddenly resigned.
State Rep. Jack Montoucet was appointed by Bel Edwards to the post on Friday... |
| Nov 16, 2016 | What’s the Matter with Visiting Kansas? Part II | Several weeks ago, we suggested President Obama take a trip to Kansas to visit a small town reeling from an attempted violent attack on a Muslim immigrant community there. At that time, three men had recently been arrested after compiling e... |
| May 26, 2016 | LSU Gets Out of Bases-Loaded, No-Outs Jam in Extra Innings with Five-Man Infield | LSU beat Florida in the SEC Tournament last night 5-3 in a 14-inning affair that had just about everything. Florida led 2-0 for most of the game, but LSU took the lead with a three-run eighth, only to see the Gators tie it back up in the ni... |
| Sep 8, 2014 | New Orleans Cab Company Owner Calls Uber A 'Cyber-Terrorist Group' | Cab companies are still fighting Uber and Lyft, and each turf war seems to drag out the worst rhetorical devices and statements from these companies which have enjoyed long, monopolistic runs. Most have gone running to city legislators, hop... |
| Gasoline prices are hitting $6 in some parts of the country and summer driving season isn’t here yet | Gasoline prices have been fluctuating but could continue to spurt higher, sending prices above $5 and $6 per gallon in more parts of the U.S. as summer driving season approaches.
The national average is $4.23 per gallon of unleaded, about 1... |
| As the U.S. economy restarts from the pandemic, parts of it are severely broken | The country faces major shortages in everything from labor to semiconductors, lumber and packaging materials.
The scarcity is not only preventing the economy from reaching its full potential, but also raising fears of higher inflation as co... |
| GOP senators who voted to convict Trump are now facing backlash in their home states | The seven Republican senators who joined all 50 Democrats in voting to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot in the Capitol are now facing heat in their home states.
Party leaders and local GOP officials, many se... |
| Rolling back Roe v Wade: How Louisianans lost abortion access | New Orleans, United States – Jen* had been sitting outside the New Orleans Women’s Health Care Center for an hour. It was 34°C (93°F) on a Monday afternoon in mid-June, and as Jen, who is in her 40s, waited on a shaded bench for someone to ... |
| Eli Manning talks BBQ and life after football | Eli Manning will appear in a national ad campaign for his latest investment “BBQGuys.com.”
The former New York Giant says he’s also interested in learning more about business and social media
He didn’t rule out a return to the Giants in som... |
