Louisiana HBCU becomes second school to cancel UN Ambassador’s address amid Gaza protests
Louisiana Xavier University, an HBCU in New Orleans, became the second school to cancel a speech by United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield amid student protests in Gaza. The university reversed course on its selection of commencement speaker after pressure from students and the community over Thomas Greenfield’s voting record at the United Nations. University President […]
For a Louisiana lawmaker, exempting incest and rape from the state’s abortion ban is personal
For Louisiana Congresswoman Delicia Boyd, the uphill battle she faces to exempt pregnancies resulting from rape and incest from Louisiana’s strict abortion ban is not only morally righteous, but also personal. There is also. As a Republican-dominated legislative committee is scheduled to consider and vote on Boyd’s immunity bill on Tuesday, the New Orleans Democratic […]
Mick Jagger and Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry trade barbs
Singer Mick Jagger criticized Louisiana’s Republican governor in an unusually vague attack during the Rolling Stones’ recent performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The Rolling Stones had just finished performing their hit song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” during their Thursday night set. Oddly enough, Jagger has set his sights […]
Louisiana aspiring doctor Christopher Gilbert left brain dead after friends push him in lake to drown
An aspiring medical student was pushed into a Louisiana lake by his friends last month despite knowing he couldn’t swim, leaving him brain dead and then watching without doing anything to save him from drowning, according to a report. . shocking video The group is seen casually peering into the water shortly after pushing Christopher […]
Louisiana Nine-Year-Old Awarded After Giving His Only Dollar to Millionaire He Mistook for Homeless Man
An unlikely friendship develops between a 9-year-old Louisiana boy and a millionaire businessman when the boy mistakes him for a homeless man and offers him his only dollar. When TV personality and sporting goods brand owner Matt Busbis woke up to a building fire alarm in April, he ran outside wearing clothes that didn’t suit […]
Louisiana boy Kelvin Ellis Jr. treated to shopping spree after giving dollar to man he thought was homeless
After all, sometimes the act of kindness isn’t the reward itself. A 9-year-old boy in Louisiana was treated to a shopping spree after donating his only dollar to a man he believed to be homeless. Kelvin Ellis Jr. spotted a disheveled-looking man standing outside a Baton Rouge coffee shop last month and made a generous […]
Louisiana governor knocks Mick Jagger over ‘stone age’ crack
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) on Thursday night after the Rolling Stones frontman disavowed Mick Jagger’s policies during Thursday’s performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. , criticized Mick Jagger. “We’re a welcoming people, right?” Jagger told the crowd. NBC local bureau. “I hope Mr. Landry enjoys the show. He’s really inclusive. He’s […]
Court Strikes Down Louisiana Congressional Map With Second Majority-Black District
A panel of federal judges struck down a congressional map on Tuesday that would have given Democrats an advantage in November. The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruled 2-1 that a map creating a second black-majority congressional district in the state violated the 14th amendment on the grounds that “race […]
Biden campaign hits Trump over Louisiana proposed bill to criminalize possession of abortion pills
President Biden’s re-election campaign is criticizing former President Trump for a bill proposed in Louisiana that would criminalize possession of the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. In a statement first shared with The Hill by the Biden campaign, Caitlin Joshua, a Louisiana native who was turned away by two emergency rooms and denied reproductive health […]
Louisiana teacher had sex with one student, sexted and bought booze for others
Female teacher targeting male students The host of “Takedown with Chris Hansen” breaks down the disturbing trend of female school teachers targeting young male students on “Jesse Watters Prime Time.” A Louisiana teacher allegedly sexted students, bought them alcohol at a local dive and had sex with “at least one” of them, local police said. […]