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May 13, 2022 at 1:35 pm

Louisiana justices toss COVID-related charges against pastor

The Louisiana Supreme Court has thrown out charges against a pastor who flouted coronavirus pandemic restrictions on gatherings.

May 9, 2022 at 10:04 pm

Court hearing: Did Biden legally suspend oil lease sales?

A federal attorney says President Joe Biden legally called for suspending new and gas lease sales while considering their effect on climate change, and onshore...

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April 21, 2022 at 9:11 am

Callery pears: An invader ‘worse than murder hornets!’ VIEW

A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader.

FILE – Downed power lines slump over a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Reserve, La. Weather disasters fueled by climate change now roll across the U.S. year-round, battering the nation’s aging electric grid. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) CLI101 CLI101

April 6, 2022 at 4:33 pm

Storms batter aging power grid as climate disasters spread VIEW

Power outages from severe weather have roughly doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms.

April 6, 2022 at 11:02 am

Sister: Gunmen took 83-year-old nun from bed in Burkina Faso

A Louisiana official for an order of Catholic nuns says 10 gunmen kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun from her bed in the west African nation...

April 5, 2022 at 9:23 am

Fungus that causes fatal bat disease found in Louisiana VIEW

A fungus that has killed millions of bats nationwide has been found in Louisiana but has not sickened any bats so far in the state.

The streets are packed with costumed revelers on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) LAORS419 LAORS419 (David Grunfeld / The Associated Press)

February 28, 2022 at 10:01 pm

‘I love Mardi Gras’: Carnival spirit takes over New Orleans VIEW

Party-minded people in traditional purple, green and gold filled New Orleans' streets for the city's first full-dress Mardi Gras since the pandemic began.

February 24, 2022 at 1:43 pm

‘Baby boot camp’ exercises critically endangered orangutan VIEW

Before a 2-month-old critically endangered orangutan can be reunited with his mother at the zoo in New Orleans, he needs to be strong enough to...

February 21, 2022 at 12:41 pm

Court: $1.5M to transgender woman for ‘bogus’ cocaine arrest

A federal judge says a Black transgender woman is due $1.5 million for the “seemingly bogus” cocaine trafficking charge which kept her jailed for nearly...

FILE – This undated photo provided by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, shows cleanup work at the site where more than 300,000 gallons of diesel spilled on Dec. 27, 2021, just outside New Orleans. A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to federal records that also show the spill was larger than previously reported. (Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality via AP, File) NYSB112 NYSB112

February 7, 2022 at 3:57 pm

Pipeline’s safeguards not working in Louisiana diesel spill

Federal records show a corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a...

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