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A runaway slave escapes through Louisiana’s swamps in a propulsive action film marred by its relentless grimness

An obscure elected position in Louisiana, with possibly major implications, is receiving national attention over climate concerns

Georgia and Louisiana are the two states that hold runoff general elections.

The conservative revolution at the U.S. Supreme Court has two prongs. One grabs headlines as the justices overturn long-established precedent on big-ticket issues like abortion, affirmative action and voting rights. The second is a less-noticed yet enormously ambitious transformation of the judiciary’s job. Put simply, the justices are placing themselves…

French President Emmanuel Macron will head to Louisiana on the last day of his visit to the U.S. Macron's office said the visit is being held to celebrate longstanding cultural ties and to discuss energy policy

French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his his three-day state visit to the United States on Friday with a visit to New Orleans, home to one of the oldest French-speaking communities in the US.

French President Emmanuel Macron will end his trip to the US with a visit Louisiana on Friday where he is set to announce the creation of a fund to finance the teaching of French in the state. FRANCE 24 reports.

In March 1863, two months after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a Black man known as Peter (other accounts name him as Gordon) escaped a Louisiana plantation, endured 10 days in alligator-infested marshes and found his way to Baton Rouge, where he received medical attention and soon enlisted…

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