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Costly climate ‘solutions’ look like more pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Corporations and politicians are pushing carbon capture despite big questions over its value as residents in the southern ‘petrostate’ fear the worst

The Guardian - US

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge has taken an unusual step, challenging the treatment of mostly Black incarcerated workers in the fields

The Independent UK

Louisiana reclassifies abortion drugs

Mifepristone and misoprostol, two commonly used drugs for self-managed abortion, now carry severe penalties

Salon

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‘This used to be a beautiful place’: how the US became the world’s biggest fossil fuel state

No country has ever in history produced as much oil and gas as the US does now and Louisiana is ground zero

The Guardian - US

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gains Ballot Access In Louisiana

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is working towards ballot access in Louisiana and has qualified in 11 states. Democrats are challenging his efforts in multiple states.

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Cardell Hayes' Sentence Reduced For Killing Will Smith

Louisiana judge reduces Cardell Hayes' sentence for killing Will Smith in 2016. Hayes claimed self-defense, but lack of evidence led to his manslaughter co...

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Louisiana's Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project Faces Opposition

Learn about the economic benefits and environmental significance of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project in combating coastal erosion in Louisiana.

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Nursing home owner sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor

Within days after the storm hit, the state reported the deaths of seven of the evacuees, five of them classified as storm-related

The Independent UK

Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools

Judge pushed enactment of law to display religious code until November in response to parents’ suit

The Guardian - US

Louisiana Delays Implementation Of Ten Commandments Law Amid Lawsuit

Louisiana delays implementation of Ten Commandments law in public schools amid legal challenge, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Ten Commandments won't go in Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out

Louisiana has agreed to delay implementing a requirement that the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms until at least November

The Independent UK

Voting rights at risk after Supreme Court makes it harder to challenge racial gerrymandering

Two recent Supreme Court rulings on congressional redistricting will have starkly different consequences for Black voters in the 2024 election.

The Conversation

Historically Black Cancer Alley town splits over a planned grain terminal in Louisiana

In a clash over the past versus the future, some descendants of enslaved people in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, are fighting to keep a grain terminal from being built in their historic Black neighborhood

The Independent UK

Man Indicted For Killing Louisiana Woman And Abducting Her Daughters

Man indicted for killing woman and abducting her daughters, leading to one child's death. Case raises concerns about human trafficking ties.

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Louisiana Federal Court Affirms the Right To Peacefully Protest

Nearly eight years after it was filed, the vexatious lawsuit against protester DeRay Mckesson has been dismissed with prejudice.

The Independent UK

Trucker describes finding 'miracle baby' by the side of a highway in Louisiana

The truck driver who rescued an abandoned baby from the side of Interstate 10 in Louisiana this week says he first thought he might be seeing a discarded doll

The Independent UK

‘Worst kept secret’: Mystery of young mom’s love triangle murder solved nearly 40 years later

Paula Boudreaux’s dismembered remains were found in a piney marsh by hunters in 1989

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Truck Driver Rescues 1-Year-Old Found Alive In Ditch

Truck driver rescues abandoned 1-year-old boy in Louisiana, mother arrested for murder. Investigation ongoing.

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Louisiana Mother Faces Murder Charge After Child's Death

Mother in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana faces murder charges after one child found dead in a lake and another found alive beside a highway.

The Independent UK

Mother of the 'miracle baby' found crawling by a highway faces a murder charge in older son's death

A Louisiana woman now faces a murder charge three days after her 4-year-old son's body was found in a lake near the Texas state line — and two days after her 1-year-old son was rescued while crawling beside an interstate highway

The Guardian - US

One-year-old child survives two days on side of busy highway in Louisiana

Truck driver rescued baby near where the child’s four-year-old brother was found dead; the mother is now in custody

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Miracle Baby Survives Two Days In Ditch During Hurricane

A 'miracle baby' survives Hurricane Beryl aftermath. Mother arrested after child found alive in Louisiana ditch.

The Independent UK

Miracle baby found by trucker on side of road survived two days alone in hurricane Beryl

The baby’s four-year-old brother was found dead and his mother was arrested

Fortune

A power company's app couldn't keep up after Hurricane Beryl—so Texans turned to a fast-food burger chain to track power outages

The Category 1 storm resulted in 2.5 million outages and led to eight deaths in Texas and Louisiana.

Salon

Death of Biden’s gas export pause

Climate activists saw the policy as a major win. It fizzled out within six months

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