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Louisiana must draw new congressional map by mid-January for 2024 elections

Deadline comes after federal court ruled that state’s current map disfranchises Black voters – one-third of the state’s population

The Guardian - US

Louisiana Democrats analyze big defeat in gubernatorial race

Jeff Landry's victory marked a huge win for Republicans in Louisiana. The Democratic Party, which held the office for the past eight years, is going back to the drawing board.

WEKU

An appeals court sets a January deadline for a new Louisiana congressional map

A federal appeals court is giving Louisiana's GOP-led legislature until mid-January to draw a new congressional map to replace one found likely to violate federal law by diluting Black voters' power.

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More notable election results from Tuesday

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Which states have the highest murder rates?

Mississippi’s homicide rate — the highest in the nation — is more than 11 times New Hampshire’s — the nation’s lowest.

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What is super fog? Weather phenomenon causes fatal Louisiana pile-ups

Dense super fog in Louisiana caused one massive multi-car pile-up and dozens of other crashes on Monday

The Independent UK

Superfog sparks another deadly crash in Louisiana

Zero visibility weather took place weeks after 158-car crash that left seven dead in state

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Super fog blankets New Orleans again, as damp fires and smoke close interstate after deadly crash

Police say dense smoke reminiscent of last month’s so-called “super fog” that rolled into Louisiana has led to a deadly accident that shut down Interstate 10 in the New Orleans area

The Independent UK

Nancy Landry and Gwen Collins-Greenup are running in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State

Nancy Landry (R) and Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) are running in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) did not run for re-election.

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Weather tracker: Storm Ciarán and Louisiana superfog cause chaos

The Channel Islands bore the brunt of a record-breaking storm, while a crash in the US involved 168 vehicles

The Guardian - UK

Trooper accused of withholding body-camera video agrees to testify in deadly arrest of Black driver

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Louisiana state trooper accused of withholding graphic body-camera footage that shows another officer dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene by his ankle shackles during his deadly 2019 arrest

The Independent UK

Speaker Johnson gets warm welcome from Senate GOP - Roll Call

Senators at a closed lunch with Speaker Mike Johnson said the Louisiana Republican was willing to accept he needs to grow into the job.

Roll Call

Louisiana was open to Cancer Alley concessions. Then EPA dropped its investigation

The Environmental Protection Agency spent more than a year investigating whether Louisiana's oversight of industrial air emissions discriminated against Black residents

The Independent UK

A fiery new food tour across America’s Deep South

A week-long road trip on Louisiana’s new hot sauce trail sees Robyn Wilson travel across the Mississippi Delta’s rich swampland to test her spice tolerance

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House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors

Mike Johnson does not typically mention one aspect of his work before being elected to Congress

Al Jazeera

Salt in paradise: What a Louisiana crabber is losing to saltwater intrusion

Drought has allowed sea water to advance up the Mississippi River, putting drinking water and other resources at risk.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Israeli air force says it has struck 600 targets in a day

Military strikes include area near Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. Plus, Matthew Perry’s troubled life and foreshadowed death

Salon

With Mike Johnson, incels seize the GOP

The Louisiana congressman's career has been centered around his bitter obsession with other people's sex lives

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The Guardian - US

‘Bloodiest prison in the US’: children detained in Louisiana’s Angola prison allege abuses

Juvenile prisoners were routinely punished by fellow inmates at the ‘Alcatraz of the south’, according to a new lawsuit

USA Today Sports Media Group

Saints not bringing up practice squad reinforcements for Week 8 at Colts

The Independent UK

Video shows House Speaker blaming mass shootings on divorce and abortion

Mike Johnson has long opposed gun control measures

The Independent UK

Four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico are designated for wind power development

The Biden administration has designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy

Reason

Louisiana Mother of Autistic Child Hit by Teacher Files Supreme Court Petition

School officials in three states are effectively immune from lawsuits over excessive corporal punishment. A Louisiana mother is asking the Supreme Court to step in.

The Guardian - US

New House speaker Mike Johnson praised ‘18th-century values’ in speech

Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

The Guardian - US

‘These levels are crazy’: Louisiana tap water sees huge spike in toxic chemicals

Encroaching water from the Mississippi River has necessitated more thorough disinfecting, which leaves behind dangerous chemicals

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