No rehearing for Louisiana abortion law
A divided federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a decision upholding Louisiana’s law requiring that abortion providers have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, despite a dissenting judge’s insistence that the decision is in “clear conflict” with a Supreme Court decision striking down a similar Texas law.
New Orleans Mayor: Half-mile wide tornado damaged 940 homes
Dwight Powell lost his Lexus to the massive tornado that injured 33 people and destroyed or seriously damaged 940 properties on a half-mile wide rampage through two miles of east New Orleans.
Concerts, instruments, money help music survive after floods
Classical musicians are planning benefit concerts in New Orleans, a faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi is collecting instruments and a country music-affiliated charity is donating $30,000 to help make sure music survives the disastrous floods that hit south Louisiana in August.
Louisiana’s four-legged flood victims await reunions, homes
Two weeks ago, fast-rising floodwaters forced many south Louisiana homeowners to leave their beloved pets behind as they boarded rescue boats or waded through chest-deep water to reach dry ground.
Temporary FEMA housing units expected to return to La.
Thousands of south Louisiana residents remain stuck in shelters, living in hotels or staying in the spare bedrooms of family and friends after flooding ravaged their homes, creating a housing crunch that will bring back temporary housing units like those that dotted the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.
Obama vows support for La. after the ‘cameras leave’
Standing amid piles of waterlogged debris, President Barack Obama on Tuesday promised a sustained national effort to rebuild flood-ravaged southern Louisiana “even after the TV cameras leave” on a visit aimed in part at stemming campaign-season criticism that he’s been slow to respond to the disaster.
White House says feds doing their part in flood response
President Barack Obama is making his first visit to flood-ravaged southern Louisiana as he attempts to assure the many thousands who have suffered damage to their homes, schools and businesses that his administration has made their recovery a priority.
Thankful flood victim finds humor amid tragedy
Chuck and Karen Craft are among the thousands of Louisiana residents dragging furniture, appliances and other belongings out of flood-ravaged homes.
Baton Rouge’s summer of pain: Shootings, unrest, now floods
Anger. Sorrow. Vengeful glee. Guilt. Terrence Carter has experienced it all during Baton Rouge’s summer of pain. And on Thursday, as he walked through the dirty water on the floor of his home, Carter said he was experiencing, of all things, hope.
Lending a hand to flood victims
For Starkville Police Department Cpl. Mandy Wilson, disasters can make the world a little bit smaller.
In flooded Louisiana, a cleanup and a search for bodies
Authorities went door to door and car to car to check for bodies Tuesday, and homeowners began the heartbreaking task of gathering up soaked family photos and mucking out houses dank with bayou mud, as the floodwaters started to recede across parts of southern Louisiana.
Rising floodwater leaves thousands homeless in La.
Robert and Gwen Arceneaux endured a sleepless night Sunday after noticing floodwater creeping into their home — in a neighborhood that had never seen water before.
At vigil, Biden tries to comfort relatives of slain La. officers
The gunman’s bullets that killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge also targeted the country and “touched the soul of the entire nation,” Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday at a memorial service for the fallen officers.
Gunman’s manifesto describes actions as ‘necessary evil’
The man who ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in Louisiana purportedly described his actions as a “necessary evil” in a self-described, handwritten manifesto that an Ohio man says was emailed to him by the gunman less than an hour before the shootings.
‘Wrong must be corrected’ for black man killed by police
A black man killed in front of a convenience store was remembered Friday as the “meaning of southern hospitality” and a good man whose death at the hands of two white police officers “woke up Baton Rouge and America.”
Authorities: 3 arrests made in alleged plot to harm officers
Authorities in Louisiana have arrested three suspects accused of stealing several handguns as part of an alleged plot to harm police officers in the Baton Rouge area, police said.
Louisiana police shooting caught on video strains community
An emotional, at times angry, evening unfolded in the working class, predominantly black Louisiana neighborhood where the police killing of a black man was caught on videotape.
Louisiana first state in Deep South to expand Medicaid
Louisiana is becoming the first state in the Republican-dominated Deep South to expand its Medicaid program, with more than 233,000 people already enrolled in the government-financed insurance coverage that begins today.
Jury selection resumes in burning suspect’s Louisiana trial
A man accused of burning a teen to death in Mississippi goes on trial Thursday in another case in Louisiana, where he is charged with using the debit card of a woman who was stabbed to death.