Former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and struggling candidate for Senate David Duke has recorded a robocall encouraging Louisiana voters to support him and Donald Trump, BuzzFeed News reports, which the Trump campaign, defying all reasonable expectation, was quick to repudiate.
Britney Spears teamed up with the Red Cross to mobilize her fan base and raise money for the devastating flooding in Louisiana by auctioning the clothes off her back – exciting news for both Britney Spears fans and RuPaul’s Drag Race season eight contestant Derrick Barry who has probably already thrown at least $500…
Louisiana is currently being wracked by devastating floods, damaging some 40,000 homes and leaving many thousands homeless. 13 people have died. Amidst this, malevolent squash rind Donald Trump has announced his plans to visit the state; Governor John Bel Edwards responded by telling him, politely, not to dare show…
In an event that appears to be straight out of a climate change powerpoint, southern Louisiana has been hit with unprecedented flooding over the past several days, leading the federal government to declare a state of “major disaster” for several parishes.
Here is an image of me watching this guy very calmly break the window of a coupe sinking into flood waters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, removing its occupant and then, miraculously, finding her little white dog.
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In a furious, well-stated argument about the blue code of silence, Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg went completely off on an officer who called into today’s Ebro In The Morning radio show to talk about the death of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man shot and killed by police in Louisiana.
Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old father of five, was fatally shot by police officers on Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge, La. while being pinned on the pavement by two police officers.
The Associated Press revealed today that the state of Louisiana has spent three years and over $1 million so far fighting a lawsuit that would require them to put air conditioning on death row. An expert for the plaintiffs estimated that installing air conditioning would have cost around $225,000. Small government!…
A five-year-old girl in Louisiana accidentally shot and killed herself Saturday while she was playing with her father’s gun. Haley Moore’s father Eric told police he got in the shower and left his handgun on a table. Haley’s two older siblings reportedly witnessed the accident.
Things can get pretty dull in Louisiana’s House chambers, so to liven things up a bit, State Rep. Kenny Havard made a little funny during today’s proceedings, suggesting an amendment to a bill aimed at protecting teenagers from human trafficking: Why not, he said, cap the age of eligibility for strippers at 28, and…
The Louisiana legislature passed a bill Wednesday that will extend the required waiting period for an abortion to 72 hours, one of the strictest in the nation. Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, has said he’ll sign the bill into law.
The Louisiana Senate is considering a bill this week that would treat violence against police, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians as a hate crime. It’s been dubbed the “Blue Lives Matter” bill, and it is a civil rights nightmare waiting to happen.
In a sign that other states are looking at North Carolina and thinking, “Oh hell no we don’t want any of that,” Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed an executive order today barring discrimination in state services based on sexual orientation. However, the order leaves an exemption for “churches and religious…
On Friday, the Supreme Court voted 7-1 to block the enforcement of a Louisiana law designed to limit the number of abortion providers in the state by instituting unnecessary medical regulations.
An “endurance sports” company is planning a prison-escape themed triathlon, set on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, a prison where real, living people are doing real hard time, including many on death row. Participants in this endurance race will sleep in an old death row cell…
In Mississippi, Governor Phil Bryant has declared April as Confederate Heritage Month, and the last Monday in April as Confederate Heritage Day. Unfortunately, this is not an April Fool’s joke.
At a time when abortion clinics are closing at the fastest rate in U.S. history, more are likely about to shut their doors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Louisiana can enforce a law that could shut down three of the four remaining abortion clinics in the state.
A Louisiana State Senator is being charged with domestic abuse battery against a woman who told police that she has been his “side friend” for a decade. In a statement, the senator acknowledged that an “altercation” took place, but said he did not recall the details due in part to brain damage from a 1991 car…
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