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When the Annabelle doll goes ‘missing,’ the internet panics — here’s why

US LIFESTYLE: Online rumors blamed the ‘haunted’ doll for a recent fire at a plantation in Louisiana. Kevin E G Perry delves into Annabelle’s downright creepy history

The Independent UK

Ex-sheriff’s deputy convicted in 2016 NFL rape case moved to halfway house

Brandon Licciardi pleaded guilty to assisting ex-NFL player Darren Sharper’s efforts to drug women so as to rape them

The Guardian - US

Grandmother of New Orleans Prison Escapee Hit With Felony Charge: Police

A Louisiana grandmother has been charged with helping her grandson after his escape from a New Orleans jail.

Latin Times

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Two of 10 prisoners who escaped from New Orleans jail remain on the run

Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves still at large, while at least 11 people arrested on suspicion of aiding prisoners

The Guardian - US

Louisiana family rallies around boy who lost parents in separate crashes hours apart

Family of couple sets up fund so four-year-old can carry on ‘legacy of parents’ through opportunities such as college

The Guardian - US

Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage

The House has approved Senate Bill 10 even though a similar Louisiana law was deemed unconstitutional. Supporters say Christianity is core to U.S. history.

The Texas Tribune

New arrest over escaped Louisiana prisoners as five fugitives still on the run

Another New Orleans woman has been arrested for allegedly helping some of the 10 inmates after they escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center on May 16

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Inmate manages to escape from a Louisiana jail for the second time in a year

Authorities say a Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again

The Independent UK

Louisiana Woman Killed in Car Wreck. Her Fiancé Died in Another Car Wreck on His Way to Her

A Louisiana man was killed in a car accident on the same stretch of highway road his fiancée died on in the same way just minutes prior, officials say.

Latin Times

Louisiana jail sees a murder suspect scale the fence and escape - his second jailbreak in a year

Tra’Von Johnson, 19, was arrested for a 2022 home invasion that left a father dead and his child injured

The Independent UK

Louisiana stifles community air monitoring with threat of million-dollar fines, federal lawsuit says

A coalition of Louisiana environmental groups is suing the state over a law they say violates their free speech rights by restricting them from sharing information about air quality

The Independent UK

Columbia student activist seized by ICE agents holds month-old son for first time after 10 weeks of detention

Mahmoud Khalil met his son before crucial immigration court proceeding after ICE initially denied a meeting

The Independent UK

Judge vacates federal rules requiring employers to provide accommodations for abortions

A federal judge in Louisiana on Wednesday struck down government regulations requiring most employers nationwide to provide workers with time off and other accommodations for abortions

The Independent UK

New Orleans clergy abuse survivor and his family devise anti-grooming bill

Tim Gioe was abused by a priest as a child. Now his state senator father-in-law is pushing a bill to stop the grooming of kids for exploitation

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The Independent UK

Why a plantation house fire ignited a heated debate over slavery’s legacy

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses where scores of enslaved Africans labored, has sparked joy and anger online

International Business Times UK

What Caused the Nottoway Plantation Fire and Why is Annabelle The Doll Being Linked To It?

On May 15, 2025, a fire destroyed Louisiana's Nottoway Plantation, likely due to faulty wiring. Rumours falsely linked the Annabelle doll to the blaze. Officials confirmed no connection. The owner plans to rebuild with a focus on truth and education.

The Independent UK

New Orleans used Minority Report-like facial recognition software to monitor citizens for crime suspects: Report

Police in Louisiana city have now paused the facial recognition program amid backlash over privacy concerns

The Guardian - US

Seven men still on the run after New Orleans jailbreak

Total of 10 men escaped from hole behind toilet in cell; authorities are investigating whether they had inside help

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Evening Standard

‘To Easy LOL’: Seven inmates on the run after Shawshank Redemption-style jailbreak from New Orleans prison

The audacious escape saw ten men flee Orleans Justice Centre in Louisiana through a hole behind a toilet

The Independent UK

Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 2 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three people have been arrested in connection with New Orleans jailbreak

The Independent UK

Harvard researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos to be transferred to Massachusetts

A federal judge has ordered the transfer of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher facing deportation from Louisiana, where she was detained by immigration authorities, to Massachusetts, where she has been charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos

The Independent UK

Fire destroys a sprawling mansion on a former Louisiana sugar plantation

Authorities say a fire has destroyed a sprawling mansion on a former Louisiana sugar plantation

The Independent UK

Harvard researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos asks for transfer to Massachusetts

A lawyer for a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos has asked that she be brought back to Massachusetts, three months after she was taken to a Louisiana immigration detention center

The Independent UK

Judge to hear arguments to Louisiana law listing abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

A Louisiana judge will hear arguments challenging a first-of-its-kind reclassification of two abortion-inducing drugs as “controlled dangerous substances.”

The Independent UK

Louisiana plant at the center of an environmental justice fight halts operations

A petrochemical plant in Louisiana accused of increasing cancer risks for a majority Black community has indefinitely suspended its operations in part due to the high cost of reducing toxic pollution

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