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May 19, 2025 at 1:19 pm

Sheriff says ‘defective’ locks were a key factor in Louisiana jailbreak by 10 men

The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the jailbreak.

This image provided by Louisiana State Police shows one of New Orleans jail escapees, Kendall Myles, captured in the French Quarter Friday, May 16, 2025 in New Orleans. (Louisiana State Police via AP) XKS101 XKS101

May 16, 2025 at 11:06 am

10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get food VIEW

Authorities say 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet.

May 14, 2025 at 9:06 pm

Challenge to Louisiana law that lists abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances can proceed

A Louisiana judge has ruled that a legal challenge to a first-of-its-kind reclassification of two abortion-inducing drugs as “controlled dangerous substances" can move forward.

May 10, 2025 at 9:10 pm

A split jury and a lie sent him to prison. Now he’s working to change Louisiana’s law

Bobby Gumpright was in the throws of addiction 25 years ago when he fabricated a story that he had been robbed at gunpoint by a...

May 8, 2025 at 9:08 pm

Daughter says mom ‘gave me life twice’ with kidney donation as pair graduate nursing school together

Two years after a Louisiana mother donated her kidney to her daughter, the duo graduated together from nursing school.

April 28, 2025 at 3:37 pm

Louisiana death row conviction overturned as man’s lawyers cite faulty forensic analysis

A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.

April 25, 2025 at 9:38 pm

Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge’s decision on deportation to Russia

Russian-born scientist Kseniia Petrova has been detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement since February when she failed to declare frog embryo samples at Boston's...

April 17, 2025 at 9:06 pm

US seeks to turn deportations into an efficient business ‘like Amazon’ VIEW

The world's largest immigration detention system is on the cusp of explosive growth as President Donald Trump pursues his signature campaign promise of mass deportations.

FILE – Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) NYRL407 NYRL407

April 11, 2025 at 1:04 pm

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, immigration judge rules VIEW

Lawyers for Khalil said they plan to keep fighting. The judge gave them until April 23 to seek a waiver.

April 8, 2025 at 12:45 pm

Judge tells government to provide evidence, or case against Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil is over VIEW

An immigration judge in Louisiana says she will decide whether the U.S. can continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, the student activist facing deportation.