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Supreme Court explores Louisiana’s use of race in redistricting - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices aired concerns Monday about race in redistricting, in a case about Louisiana's congressional map.

Roll Call

US supreme court sharply divided on Louisiana race-based redistricting case

Legal saga over state’s majority-Black districts could be vehicle for justices to further weaken the Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court to weigh use of race in redistricting - Roll Call

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday over the fate of Louisiana’s second Black-majority congressional district.

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Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appears in immigration case

Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil has appeared briefly in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention center

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NTSB Identifies 68 Bridges For Risk Evaluations Following Baltimore Tragedy—See Full List

The NTSB recommendation comes as officials shared new details about the Key Bridge collapse investigation on Thursday, stating that the bridge was nearly 30 times above the acceptable risk threshold for critical or essential bridges.

International Business Times

Louisiana Teacher Paid Students for Feet Pictures: Police

A Louisiana high school teacher has been arrested after allegedly paying students to send him sexually explicit photographs, including photos of their feet.

Latin Times

Louisiana Woman's Death Initially Ruled a Suicide Despite Being Shot in the Head 3 Times

A man has now been arrested for murder after his wife's death was ruled a suicide—despite her being shot three times in the head with two different guns.

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Clergy abuse survivor begs Louisiana not to release child molester: ‘It’s just not right’

Tim Gioe, abused as a child by disgraced priest Pat Wattigny, appeals to state’s department of corrections

The Guardian - US

Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil case to be moved from Louisiana to New Jersey

New York judge denies Trump administration attempt to dismiss legal challenge and rules on jurisdiction

The Guardian - US

Federal judge says Columbia student activist's case should be heard in New Jersey

A Columbia University student activist who was detained by the U.S. government over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations has the right to challenge the legality of his detention

The Independent UK

Judge rejects Trump administration’s attempt to throw out lawsuit from arrested Palestinian Columbia student

Mahmoud Khalil’s case is being transferred from Louisiana to New Jersey

The Independent UK

Detained Columbia University student calls arrest ‘anti-Palestinian racism’

Khalil was arrested on 8 March for his role in campus protests against Israel and was later transferred from New York to Louisiana, a move his lawyers argue was politically motivated.

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Louisiana kills Jessie Hoffman in state’s first nitrogen gas execution

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman argued that the method violated his religious freedoms

The Independent UK

Louisiana uses nitrogen gas for first time in death row execution

Killing of Jessie Hoffman Jr for 1996 rape and murder of Mary Elliott is state’s first execution in 15 years

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A woman is charged with murder in the death of a Super Bowl reporter found in his hotel room

Authorities in Louisiana say a woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a television reporter on assignment to cover the Super Bowl in New Orleans

The Guardian - US

‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time

The Independent UK

Mahmoud Khalil feared the U.S. would immediately deport him after his arrest, new court filings show

Although one ICE official said Khalil had been transferred from a New Jersey facility due to bedbugs, Khalil said in his hours-long detention there, he heard no mention of bedbugs

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Louisiana woman arrested after cops discover 22 dead cats in her home including 14 stuffed inside a freezer

When officers stepped inside the home, they were met with an “unbearable odor”, Morgan City police said

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Detained Columbia University student disputes government's 'bedbugs' claim in court papers

A detained Columbia University student says the subject of bedbugs never arose after he was arrested and flown to a Louisiana detention center by authorities who now say bedbugs helped force the long journey that made him fear he was being immediately deported

International Business Times

US To Execute Four Death Row Inmates This Week

A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana on Tuesday, the first of four executions scheduled this week in the United States.

The Independent UK

Inside the race against time to halt Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years

The state plans to kill a prisoner with nitrogen gas. Critics say that amounts to torture

The Guardian - US

Louisiana to use nitrogen execution method it bans for cats and dogs

State plans to carry out first judicial killing in 15 years on Tuesday using technique critics call inhumane

The Independent UK

Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday

The Guardian - US

Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers say

Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate be released from custody

The Guardian - US

Survivor who ignited US Catholic church’s reckoning with abuse killed in Louisiana

Scott Anthony Gastal, who at age 11 had testified in court in the 1980s that his priest had raped him, was beaten to death

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