Louisiana

Louisiana man sentenced to 50 years in prison, physical castration for raping teen

A Louisiana man has been sentenced to decades in prison and physical castration after pleading guilt...

us | 5 months ago

A boy gave his only dollar to someone he mistook as homeless. In exchange, the businessman rewarded him for his generosity.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Matt Busbice and his partners have built and sold several outdoor companies...

us | 5 months ago

Louisiana GOP officials ask U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in fight over congressional map

Washington — Republican officials in Louisiana asked the Supreme Court on Friday to step into a long...

us | 5 months ago

Louisiana legislature approves bill to classify abortion pills as controlled substances

Washington — The Louisiana Senate passed a bill Thursday that would classify the drugs used in medic...

us | 4 months ago

Louisiana governor signs bill to classify abortion pills as controlled substances into law

Washington — Louisiana became the first state to classify two abortion-inducing medications as contr...

us | 4 months ago

Storms leave widespread outages across Texas, cleanup continues after deadly weekend across U.S.

Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more th...

us | 4 months ago

Surgical castration OK'd by Louisiana lawmakers as possible punishment for child sex offenders

Baton Rouge, La. — Louisiana judges could order surgical castration for people convicted of sex crim...

politics | 4 months ago

For U.S. schools in disrepair, federal infrastructure dollars can't come soon enough

At Baker Heights Elementary, everything seems to be coming apart, and it's Timothy Scott's job to tr...

us | 4 months ago

Judge temporarily blocks expanded Title IX LGBTQ student protections in 4 states

The Biden administration's new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temp...

us | 4 months ago

Louisiana becomes first state to require that Ten Commandments be displayed in public classrooms

Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every publ...

us | 3 months ago

Trump backs Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools in address to influential evangelicals

Former President Donald Trump told a group of evangelicals they "cannot afford to sit on the sidelin...

us | 3 months ago

Lawsuit challenges Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments

Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana's new law requiring the Ten Command...

us | 3 months ago

Oklahoma superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible

Oklahoma's top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into less...

us | 3 months ago

Oil spill by Louisiana energy company prompts water notice, kills wildlife, as diesel odor permeates bayou

An oil spill that leaked out in a southern Louisiana bayou over the weekend has already killed wildl...

us | 2 months ago

Louisiana mayor who resigned days ago is arrested for alleged sex with minor

A former Louisiana mayor who resigned from office just days ago was arrested on Thursday on accusati...

us | 2 months ago

Season's next hurricane — Francine — seems to be forming in Gulf of Mexico, forecasters say

A tropical disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was shaping up as what could be the season...

us | 1 month ago