Tag: Louisiana
States hesitant to adopt digital COVID vaccine verification
Customers wanting to wine, dine and unwind to live music at the City Winery's flagship restaurant in New York must show proof of a...
AP: Police clung to crash theory in Black man’s fatal arrest
MONROE, La. — More than a year and a half after Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video brutalizing Black motorist Ronald...
29-year-old man convicted again of murdering 6-week-old son
COVINGTON, La. — A 29-year-old New Orleans man has been convicted a second time of murdering one of his infant twin sons in the...
14 whooping cranes hatched in Louisiana this year; 4 survive
BATON ROUGE, La. — One of Louisiana’s oldest whooping cranes hatched her first chicks this year, and 24 mating pairs nearly doubled the previous...
Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Ludacris to play New Orleans Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS — Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, Ludacris, The Isley Brothers, Melissa Etheridge and Trombone Shorty are among the acts slated to take...
Rapper Phipps paroled; long claimed innocence in death case
NEW ORLEANS — Rapper McKinley “Mac” Phipps has been released from prison after being granted parole in the case of a 2001 shooting at...
Rescued sea turtles: some to be released, some still sick
NEW ORLEANS — The Mississippi Aquarium plans to release seven endangered sea turtles this week, but other institutions in New Orleans and Mississippi are...
Louisiana governor vetoes transgender sports ban proposal
BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday struck down a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams in...
Store targeted by protests fined $20,000 over security guard
NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans store that has been the site of armed protests over a fatal shooting has been fined $20,000 after...
Life-threatening flash flooding rises in Claudette’s path
NEW ORLEANS — Forecasters warned of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the Deep South, particularly across central Alabama, as Tropical Depression Claudette traveled...