Tag: Baton Rouge
1-year-old girl, 2 others slain at Louisiana swimming pool
BATON ROUGE, La. — Two people walked into the swimming pool area of a Louisiana apartment complex on Memorial Day and opened fire on...
Capitol rally planned over death of man in police custody
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana State Police troopers involved in the violent arrest of a Black motorist who died in police custody in 2019 should...
Heavy rains in Texas, Louisiana add to misery in flood zones
BATON ROUGE, La. — Heavy rain kept pounding parts of Texas before moving over Louisiana on Wednesday, adding to the misery for people whose...
Drenching rains flood homes, swamp cars in south Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Heavy rains that swept across southern Louisiana flooded homes, swamped cars and closed a major interstate on Tuesday. The brunt...
Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Romer has died at 77
NEW ORLEANS — Buddy Roemer, a Harvard-educated reform-minded politician whose one tumultuous term as Louisana’s governor was marked by bruising political battles over taxes,...
Louisiana Democrat sworn into Congress, replacing Biden aide
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana was sworn into the House on Tuesday, adding some breathing room to the party’s tight majority.
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Average US price of gas jumps 6 cents per gallon to $3.02
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 6 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.02 per gallon.
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Coroner: Gunshot killed baby at end of father’s police chase
BILOXI, Miss. — A single gunshot killed an infant who was with his father as the Louisiana man died in a barrage of gunfire...
National bail fund to expand in the Deep South
A national effort helping to bail poor and low-income people out of jail formally announced on Tuesday its expansion into the Deep South.
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Mulkey lures Baylor transfer Gusters to LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. — New LSU coach Kim Mulkey has persuaded one of her top former Baylor recruits to follow her move to the...