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How the Boston Celtics’ success hinges on the health of Robert Williams III

Having the Louisiana native healthy and available in the postseason should be a top priority for the team.

USA Today Sports Media Group

12 squirrel monkeys stolen from Louisiana zoo

A dozen squirrel monkeys were stolen from a Louisiana zoo over the weekend, days before two monkeys were taken from the Dallas Zoo.

Tribune News Service

French Quarter Festival unveils lineup for 40th anniversary

Organizers have announced a lineup of more than 270 acts for New Orleans’ 40th annual French Quarter Festival, billed as Louisiana’s largest free showcase of music, food and culture

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Louisiana Sheriffs' Offices Have Been Destroying Public Records Without Permission

"Comprehensive and accurate records are critical if patterns and causes of harm are going to be identified and corrected," said an attorney representing Louisiana inmates.

Reason

Brickbat: Reckless Driving

Addis, Louisiana, police officer David Cauthron has been charged with two counts of negligent homicide and one count of negligent injuring for his role in a high-speed chase on New Year's Eve that left two teens dead. The chase started after a man stole a family member's car. Cauthron reportedly…

Reason

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra gets new music director

For 17 seasons the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has been under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto

The Independent UK

Filipino workers: Oil company abandoned us in Hurricane Ida

Ten Filipino men who worked for a major offshore oil industry employer under federally granted visas claim in a federal lawsuit they were treated like prisoners at a company bunkhouse and that some of them were abandoned there when Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021

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Man tried to recreate serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's sick crimes on Grindr dates

Chance Seneca, 21, from Louisiana, US, used Grindr and Snapchat to convince men into meeting him as he wanted to satisfy a Jeffrey Dahmer "compulsive murder-fantasy"

Daily Mirror

Louisiana Keeps Over a Quarter of Inmates Detained Past Their Release Dates, DOJ Investigation Finds

"There is an obligation both to incarcerated persons and the taxpayers not to keep someone incarcerated for longer than they should be," a Louisiana district attorney said. "Timely release is not only a legal obligation, but arguably of equal importance, a moral obligation."

Reason

Report: Louisiana often holds inmates beyond release dates

The U.S. Justice Department says Louisiana's prison system routinely holds people beyond their release dates

The Independent UK

A Louisiana Town Repeatedly Arrested a Man for His 'FUCK JOE BIDEN' Flags. Now, He's Suing.

"The Town has routinely detained, cited, and forced Mr. Brunet to go to trial to vindicate his constitutional rights, taking the extraordinary step of adopting a boldly unconstitutional local Ordinance to silence him," the complaint reads.

Reason

Timeline: US mass shootings in 2023

At least 70 people have been killed in mass shootings so far this year across the United States.

Al Jazeera

12 people are injured from a shooting at a Louisiana nightclub

A dozen people were injured in a Baton Rouge nightclub shooting, authorities in Louisiana said Sunday. No arrests have been made, but police believe the early morning attack was "targeted."

WEKU

Bleeding and in pain, a pregnant woman in Louisiana couldn’t get answers

BATON ROUGE, La. — When Kaitlyn Joshua found out she was pregnant in mid-August, she and her husband, Landon Joshua, were excited to have a second baby on the way. They have a 4-year-old daughter and thought that was just the right age to help with a younger sibling.

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Shooting at Louisiana club leaves around 12 wounded, police say

A shooting at a Louisiana nightclub early Sunday left around a dozen people wounded, including several who remain hospitalized, officials said.

The Independent UK

12 people injured in shooting at Louisiana nightclub

Authorities say 12 people were injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, early Sunday

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers poised to renew push to criminalize Supreme Court leaks

WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court report this week on the leak of a draft opinion has revitalized an effort from two Louisiana Republicans to criminalize leaking information from the high court, a step some experts say could get messy if it became law.

Salon

Afraid to treat a miscarriage

Louisiana's near-total abortion ban has physicians terrified they could be investigated for treating a miscarriage

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Recapping 2022’s state legislative special sessions

Welcome to the Wednesday, January 18, Brew.

The Independent UK

Nursing home owner faces new lawsuit in Ida storm evacuation

A Louisiana nursing home owner is facing a new lawsuit over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021

The Independent UK

Woman raped in unmonitored drug sting sues police handlers

A police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor the sting in real time

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: List of states banning TikTok grows

Wisconsin and North Carolina have joined at least 22 other states in banning the popular social media app TikTok on state-owned devices, including Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and South Dakota

The Independent UK

Louisiana bill seeks 'fairness' in pregnancy costs

A Republican Louisiana lawmaker who has pre-filed a bill that would allow mothers to sue their child's father for 50% of out-of-pocket pregnancy-related medical expenses

Daily Mirror

Home invader shot dead by mum to protect her children - and she will not face charges

Robert Rheams, 51, was shot by an unnamed mum-of-two when he broke into her house in Hammond, Louisiana, US, armed with a shovel and a steel lug wrench

USA Today Sports Media Group

These 29 Saints players will become free agents this offseason

These 29 Saints players will become free agents this offseason. How many of them will return to New Orleans for 2023?

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