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Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans
This story by Phil Galewitz, Julie Appleby, Renuka Rayasam and Bernard J. Wolfson appeared on KFF Health News on July 3, 2025, and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The tax and spending legislation the House voted to send to...

Seasonal reading recommendations: books about France in English
July's round-up of three good reads linked to France NeydtStock/Shutterstock 1. Paris Lost and Found, A Memoir of Love Scott Dominic Carpenter, Travellers’ Tales, €15.22; ISBN: 978-1609522124 Reading this book, you really need to put your feet up...

Kolaj Fest New Orleans explores collage, animation, film and more at events June 25-29
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...

Mapping the brain: New technology at Tulane looks at how Alzheimer's disease impacts the brain
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...

Louisiana Republicans undermine Trump’s energy agenda
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...

Here are 5 books to get healthy, both mentally and physically, from Louisiana experts
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...

Baton Rouge native returns as featured speaker at Nexus Technology Cup
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 mom warns 'half of what we're working for' at risk if Trump's budget bill fails
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!...

This Louisiana lawyer is suing Big Oil for billions. But don't call him a tree hugger.
“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...

Tulane, Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana add board members
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,...

New Orleans Jail Escape: 2 Fugitives Remain, 14 Aiders Arrested
Highlights: Two dangerous fugitives remain at large nearly one month after the Orleans Parish jail escape More accomplices have been arrested than fugitives still on the run—14 people charged with aiding escapees Sheriff Susan Hutson suspended her...

Free Digital Syllabus Shares New Orleans’ Black Educational History ‘To Reimagine Schooling’
A new digital syllabus explores Black education in New Orleans history in an effort to "reclaim" space. There’s a new freely available digital syllabus on the market that shares the history of Black education in New Orleans in an effort to “learn...

Amistad Center in New Orleans faces severe federal cuts. Its mission now: 'Save Black History'
Kathe Hambrick, back center, executive director of the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, meets with those still left on her staff on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. From left to right are, Lisa Moore, Brenda Flora, Jennifer Long, Felicia Render, and...
Baton Rouge smoke shop targeted in statewide vape crackdown
The Smokin Aces Smoke Shop on Wax Road has had its permit suspended by the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control as part of a statewide crackdown on the sale of illegal vape products. A four-week statewide investigation called “Operation...

Welcome to the Louisiana town where high-speed internet lines end. Here's how residents make do.
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,...

Louisiana and Texas test new laws to shield teens from junk food ads on social media
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....

Baton Rouge school closures, changes add to busy summer hiring season for district
Hundreds of public school employees in Baton Rouge have spent the past few weeks looking for jobs thanks to a realignment plan approved in late April that closes and reconfigures multiple schools in the Capital City. They have entered the job...

New Orleans historian Frank Perez's 'Rainbow Fleur de Lis' explores local LGBTQ history
Not long after Frank Perez’s book “In Exile: The History and Lore Surrounding New Orleans Gay Culture and Its Oldest Bar” was published in 2012, the New Orleans historian was sitting in Cafe Lafitte In Exile when Rip and Marsha Naquin-Delain came...

Navy: Cross Domain Swarm Sensing Demo at Pax a Success
Posted by Java Joe on Monday, July 7, 2025 · Leave a Comment Raymond Koehler, a mechanical engineer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, demonstrates unmanned swarm mission planning software at Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s West...

Amazon’s Millionth Warehouse Robot Is Here And It’s Getting Smarter
An Amazon employee checks the robotic warehouse at Amazon's Robotic Fulfillment Centre in Sutton ... More Coldfield, England.Getty Images Amazon Robotics announced last week that it just hit a major milestone with over one million warehouse robots...