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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

The Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

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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.

International Business Times 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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

‘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

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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

The Independent UK

Pope Leo XIV’s link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migration

Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American pontiff’s Chicago upbringing, as well as the many years he spent in Peru, first as a missionary and then as a bishop.

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SEC Recruiting Update: Georgia Surges, Texas A&M Battles LSU

Jackson Cantwell’s Miami commitment shakes SEC recruiting, while Georgia, LSU, and Texas A&M battle for dominance in 2026 recruiting.

The Guardian - US

Louisiana: controversial Denka plant suspends production after dire losses

Chemical plant linked to air pollution and cancer risks in majority-Black region ‘exploring all options for the future’

The Guardian - US

Louisiana investigates New York doctor for allegedly mailing abortion pills

Margaret Carpenter was previously indicted over reported abortion pill prescription in state with near-total ban

The Conversation

In death penalty cases, the quest for justice is not America’s highest value

Jimmie Christian Duncan learned in April 2025 that a Louisiana judge had dismissed his capital murder conviction and he would no longer face the prospect of execution. In 1998, a jury convicted Duncan of murdering his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter, and he had been on death row ever since.

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The Independent UK

A split jury and a lie sent him to prison. Now he’s working to change Louisiana’s law

Bobby Gumpright was in the throws of addiction 25 years ago when he fabricated a story that he had been robbed at gunpoint by a Black man

The Independent UK

Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center

A Tufts University student from Turkey has returned to Boston after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center

The Independent UK

Pope Leo XIV's Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity of the Creole identity

The Independent UK

Tufts scholar Rumeysa Ozturk released from ICE detention after judge raises ‘serious’ First Amendment and due process questions

PhD student imprisoned in Louisiana detention center testifies in orange prison jumpsuit

The Independent UK

Judge not waiting for transfer of Tufts University student detained by ICE to hold bail hearing

A federal judge in Vermont has decided not to wait for the transfer of a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center to schedule a bail hearing, more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb

The Independent UK

Daughter says mom 'gave me life twice' with kidney donation as pair graduate nursing school together

Two years after a Louisiana mother donated her kidney to her daughter, the duo graduated together from nursing school

The Independent UK

Louisiana mom accused of trying to run over children who got into a fight with her kid

Lejonkica Sharp was charged with six counts of aggravated assault after allegedly trying to run over a group of elementary school kids who had a fight with her child.

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