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“Those tubes need to be burning. As I put it to the band, I like to smell dinner cooking”: With his gourmet phrasing and R&B hot sauce, D.K. Harrell is the blues hero you need in your life right now

The Louisiana phenom comes from the less-is-more school of blues that B.B. King came from, and you might want to keep that King comparison in mind when listening to Harrell's latest album

Guitar World

“Can You Spot The Tricks?” Find Out If You Can Take This Jim Crow-Era Literacy Test Without Failing

This is Part 2 of our 1960s Voter Eligibility Literacy quiz. Every question you’ll face here is pulled directly from the historic events surrounding the 1964 Louisiana Literacy Test. This trial was known as a “voter qualification” exam - used during the Jim Crow era to suppress the voting rights…

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Cassidy, who defied Trump, aims to win with increasingly conservative base - Roll Call

Cassidy, who defied Trump, aims to win with increasingly conservative base - Congress Bill Cassidy's race for Senate is complicated by a checkered history with Trump.

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Wife of Marine Corps veteran released from ICE custody after advocacy from GOP Senator's office

The wife of a Marine Corps veteran detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months has been released following advocacy from the office of Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana

The Independent UK

Sen. John Kennedy shredded for his take on gun control after NYC shooting

‘All you can do at a time like this is be sorry,’ the Louisiana Senator said

The Independent UK

Child molestation survivor revisits case of his father killing his accused abuser on TV

Jody Plauché was 11 years old when his father Gary shot and killed his accused molester at a Louisiana airport in 1984

The Guardian - US

Mexican national married to a Marine Corps veteran seeks release from immigration custody

A woman detained at a citizenship appointment last May in Louisiana will not be deported following a judge’s ruling barring her removal

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Consent decrees force schools to desegregate. The Trump administration is striking them down

Plaquemines parish, Louisiana, will not be forced to follow the law for the first time since the 1960s

The Guardian - US

Questions swirl after GOP senator appears to freeze in TV interview - but he blames it on the ear piece

The Louisiana Republican appeared to freeze up while saying a line he’s used many times before

The Independent UK

More than 100 million Americans to swelter in triple digit heat as new ‘heat dome’ arrives

Temperatures are expected to hit over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the day in multiple areas including parts of Nebraska, Missouri, Texas and Louisiana

The Independent UK

‘I’m switching to glass’: Louisiana woman issues warning about buying bottled water at grocery store. Then she returns 3 days later to prove her point

A Louisiana woman is warning you to think twice about where you get your bottled water from after she caught several cases “cooking in the sun.” She went so far as to double-check her claim, but was she being an alarmist, or is there some truth to her PSA?

The Mary Sue

10 Southern Cities Where Home Prices Will Plummet by 2026

These are the 10 cities in the South where home values are anticipated to drop the most over the next eight months.

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Louisiana scraps $3 billion coastal restoration funded by oil spill settlement

Republican Governor Jeff Landry views the project as a threat to the state’s way of life

The Independent UK

Wife of embattled Louisiana police chief charged in immigration visa fraud scheme also arrested

The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who was charged amid a sweeping federal investigation into an immigration visa fraud scheme, was also arrested on Thursday

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Louisiana cancels $3B repair coastal restoration funded by Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement

Louisiana is officially canceling a $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement

Evening Standard

UFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3 start time, schedule, fight card, how to watch and latest odds today

‘The Diamond’ bids farewell to the octagon with trilogy fight at home in Louisiana

Latin Times

Louisiana Police Chiefs Accused Of Taking Bribes To Make Up Crime Reports Allowing Migrants To Request Visas

Three current and former Louisiana police chiefs have been charged with taking bribes in exchange for producing crime reports that would allow migrants to seek visas allowing them to stay in the U.S.

The Independent UK

Feds charge 3 current or former Louisiana police chiefs in an alleged visa fraud scheme

Authorities say three current or former Louisiana police chiefs have been arrested following a federal investigation into an alleged scheme that involved false police reports being sold to immigrants lacking permanent legal status and used to try to secure a visa

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Dominate dynasty with these pipelines.

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How 1 Rocket Engineer's Vegetarian Engine Could Capture 99% Of CO2 Emissions

Carbon removal buyer coalition Frontier has committed $41 million to climate tech startup Arbor Energy to scale a rocket-inspired biomass power plant that captures 99% of its carbon emissions. Frontier announced last week that the deal will support Arbor's first commercial facility in southern Louisiana and aims to remove 116,000…

Latin Times

Methane Gas Legally Redefined as 'Green Energy' by Louisiana Lawmakers Despite Contributing to Global Warming

Louisiana lawmakers have redefined methane gas as "green energy," meaning that natural gas producers can now apply for grants reserved for clean energy sources.

Latin Times

Migrants Deported To South Sudan Were Deceived, Told They Were Being Sent From Texas To Louisiana: Report

Eight men deported to South Sudan were deceived by immigration enforcement officials and told they were being moved from Texas to Louisiana, according to a new report

The Guardian - US

New Orleans teacher fired by Catholic school for being gay says ‘it’s just time’ for discrimination to stop

Mark Richards was fired from St Francis Xavier school after an obituary identified him as his late husband’s widower

The Guardian - UK

‘He made the dust fly!’ Mick Jagger and others on 100 years of Clifton Chenier, the king of zydeco

Whether playing the Royal Albert Hall or a rooster fight, Chenier’s scorching Creole blues blew minds. As a tribute album is released, starry admirers and family members remember one of history’s great live performers

The Guardian - US

Amid attacks on DEI, a US nonprofit offers reparations, education and healing: ‘We’re looking to fill the gap’

A Louisiana-based organization is providing a global model for reconciliation as it champions reparations for the descendants of West Africans enslaved by Jesuits

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