Louisiana

  • They Endured Child Separation. Now ICE Is Trying to Deport T…

    [ad_1] The 23-year-old Honduran man was legally living and working in the U.S. and had the documents to prove it. The U.S. government had allowed him to enter the country as part of a legal settlement for families who suffered under the first Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that separated children from their parents at…

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  • Why Travis Scott and T.I. Want to Stop Texas from Executing …

    [ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. Some of the most famous rappers in the country — Travis Scott, Killer Mike, T.I., Young Thug, Fat Joe — filed briefs at the U.S.…

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  • Louisiana mayor’s kids caught her with teen boy at drunk poo…

    [ad_1] The children of a disgraced Louisiana mayor told cops that they both caught their mom fooling around with a 16-year-old boy at a boozy pool party, according to video played at her rape trial. Misty Roberts, the 43-year-old former head of DeRidder, Louisiana — population 9,8000 — faces a charge of third-degree rape over…

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  • MS Supreme Court Elections Await Federal Voting Rights Act R…

    [ad_1] Mississippi’s Black voters recently won a victory that puts them on the brink of having greater sway over who sits on the state’s Supreme Court. But that win may be short-lived. In the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on a case that could weaken or overturn key parts of the Voting…

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  • Ferris Wheel At Louisiana Harvest Festival: Girls Thrown Off…

    [ad_1] Two girls were injured and hospitalized after reportedly being thrown from a Ferris Wheel at the Louisiana Harvest Festival. RELATED: Say, WHAT?! Louisiana Popeyes Manager Reportedly Arrested For Assaulting Customer With Hot Chicken More On The Two Girls Reportedly Thrown From Ferris Wheel At Louisiana Harvest Festival According to ABC News, the incident occurred around…

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  • Health centers in Speaker Johnson’s Louisiana district risk …

    [ad_1] Speaker of the House Mike Johnson delivers remarks during an enrollment ceremony for H.R. 1, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 3. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images BOSSIER CITY, La. — The sweeping megabill pushed through Congress by House Speaker Mike Johnson could…

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  • As Trump Abandons Police Reforms, Some Local Officials Vow t…

    [ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. This week, the Department of Justice announced that it would begin pulling back from police reform efforts in eight law enforcement agencies across the country,…

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  • Trump May Abandon Federal Police Oversight From New York to …

    [ad_1] One of the Justice Department’s goals under President Joe Biden was to investigate some of the nation’s most troubled police agencies, including the ones responsible for the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tyre Nichols. Two months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the prospect of federal oversight appears likely to disappear in…

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  • How Trump’s Migrant Detention Offers ‘Perverse’ Incentives f…

    [ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. Just before the 2024 presidential election, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said that if former President Donald Trump won, he would get back into the “deportation…

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  • 10 Best Places In Louisiana To Visit – Hand Luggage Only

    [ad_1] When you first think about visiting Louisiana, the first thing that probably comes to my mind is New Orleans, which is one of the South’s incredible cities to visit in the United States. However, there are heaps more of the best places in Louisiana that go far beyond the city itself.  You see, Louisiana is…

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