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Louisiana State Police Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting
Talk Radio 960AM - Louisiana
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June 26, 2025
Officials with the Louisiana State Police have started an investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Port Barre after a request was made from that agency for them to do so. What Is Known About The Louisiana Officer-Involved Shooting? The...
AJ Dybantsa, Carlos Boozer, Cameron Boozer, Sean Stewart and others react as former Team USA assistant joins the New Orleans Pelicans
Sportskeeda
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June 22, 2025
Top NBA prospects like AJ Dybantsa and the Boozer twins shared their best wishes for the new Chief of Staff for the New Orleans Pelicans. Several former and current NBA players also reacted to the news. Former Team USA assistant Jason Brown...
Louisiana’s New Bill Would Codify Gas as ‘Green Energy’
DeSmog
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June 25, 2025
This article by ExxonKnews is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. In a move that complicates Louisiana’s transition toward renewable energy, a bill passed by the Louisiana Legislature last week...
Op-Ed: The power of the pause: the AI moratorium and Louisiana innovation
The Center Square
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Louisiana has navigated the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution with the determination and spirit characteristic of our state. Our hospitals, schools, and businesses have incorporated the technology into everyday practices, saving and changing...
NEW ORLEANS' HISTORIC THEATRE AUCTION JULY 17-23
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Cultural Landmark located in Treme just 10 blocks from the French Quarter NEW ORLEANS, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SVN Auction Services (SVNAS) and its local affiliate, SVN Gilmore Auction & Realty announces the online auction of an iconic New...
New Orleans’ Dragnet Facial Recognition Program Threatens Innocent People
Center for Democracy & Technology
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June 17, 2025
Also authored by CDT Intern Bhavana Bheem. For years, residents of New Orleans have been subjected to a form of mass surveillance without their knowledge or consent. The Washington Post recently revealed that the New Orleans Police Department...
How homeownership boosts mental health and financial stability
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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July 6, 2025
Homeownership in New Orleans has grown 10% since 2023, rising to 56% — still below the national average of 65% but showing promising progress, according to The Data Center and U.S. Census Bureau.While many focus on the financial benefits of owning...
HIGH PROFILE: Michael Sawaya, president and CEO of the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, is a fixer
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 22, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Talk to Michael Sawaya for just a few minutes about his career and the word “fixer” sticks in your mind. Since he was in his 20s, Sawaya has been tasked with...
Joe Canizaro, real estate developer who reshaped New Orleans skyline, dies
Nola - Louisiana
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Joseph C. Canizaro, a prolific real-estate developer who thought and built big, resulting in a series of projects that changed the skyline of downtown New Orleans and a fortune he dedicated to philanthropy and support for Republican politics, died...
Louisiana's oil patch used to watch the Middle East. The Iran-Israel war shows things have changed.
Nola - Louisiana
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In decades past, turmoil in the Middle East would send crude oil prices soaring, pushing up the cost of gasoline for drivers and incentivizing Louisiana producers to boost their output. But while global oil prices rose after Israel attacked Iran’s...
Mapping the brain: New technology at Tulane looks at how Alzheimer's disease impacts the brain
Nola - Louisiana
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Tulane University researchers created a first-of-its-kind subcellular map of an area of the brain commonly affected by Alzheimer’s disease, a key step toward unraveling the mysteries of how the degenerative brain disease develops. The Center for...
Here are 5 books to get healthy, both mentally and physically, from Louisiana experts
Nola - Louisiana
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We asked doctors across Louisiana to give us their top book recommendations — and they delivered: "Delay, Don't Deny" by Gin Stephens In his second edition of his 2016 book, Gin Stephens further explores the importance of intermittent fasting. In...
Louisiana Republicans undermine Trump’s energy agenda
Washington Examiner
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June 25, 2025
The Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to hear the case of Chevron USA, Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, concerning land erosion on the state’s coast.At issue is whether Chevron and other energy producers may remove Plaquemines...
This Louisiana lawyer is suing Big Oil for billions. But don't call him a tree hugger.
Nola - Louisiana
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“By going to small communities in Louisiana and promising them billions, they’ve been able to keep communities motivated,” Faucheux said of Carmouche's lawsuits. “That, in turn, keeps policymakers, even at the statewide level, motivated.” But...
Kolaj Fest New Orleans explores collage, animation, film and more at events June 25-29
Gambit - Louisiana
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Some collage work is easy to spot. “Have you ever seen one of those upscale thrift store paintings where someone has painted Darth Vader into a bucolic landscape?” says Ric Kasini Kadour, the founder of the Kolaj Institute and Kolaj magazine. “For...
Tulane, Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana add board members
Nola - Louisiana
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Thomas E. Jorden and Erica Washington have been appointed to the Board of Tulane. Jorden is chair, president and CEO of Houston-based Coterra Energy. Before that, he served as CEO and president, as well as chair of the board for Cimarex Energy,...
Louisiana mom warns 'half of what we're working for' at risk if Trump's budget bill fails
Fox News
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June 25, 2025
House GOP leaders invited a handful of private citizens from across the country to Congress to promote President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" outside of Washington. Fox News Digital spoke with them. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!...
Welcome to the Louisiana town where high-speed internet lines end. Here's how residents make do.
Nola - Louisiana
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EAST CARROLL PARISH — When the internet is iffy in Lake Providence, as it often is, Brittany Lyons, the owner of an in-home care service, has a backup. She drives a half mile to the hospital where her sister works and asks to use their network,...
Baton Rouge native returns as featured speaker at Nexus Technology Cup
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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June 16, 2025
Baton Rouge native and tech entrepreneur Ryan Williams is returning to the Capital Region this week as a featured speaker and judge for the inaugural Nexus Technology Cup. Williams, founder of the fintech platform Cadre and a nationally recognized...
Louisiana and Texas test new laws to shield teens from junk food ads on social media
Medical News
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June 25, 2025
Will new social media laws in Louisiana and Texas cut teens’ exposure to junk food marketing, or just change the game? This innovative study tracks what young people actually see online, aiming to level the playing field for youth health....