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Louisiana Senate moves to classify some abortion pills as ‘controlled dangerous substances’

Louisiana is moving forward with legislation that would classify the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled dangerous substances, threatening to criminalize those who possess the medication without a prescription. Lawmakers in the state added the measure as a last-minute amendment to another Senate bill, which criminalizes “coerced criminal abortion,” in which someone gives a […]

Aspiring doctor Christopher Gilbert who was pushed into Louisiana lake speaks out

An aspiring doctor who nearly drowned after being pushed into a Louisiana lake insists he had no ill will toward the friend who pushed him and wants to find out the truth about the horrifying episode, The Post reported. He spoke in an exclusive interview. “I don’t think anyone did anything intentionally wrong,” Christopher Gilbert […]

Louisiana Teens Solve Trigonometry Puzzle Thought to Be Impossible for 2,000 Years

Two Catholic high school students in New Orleans, Louisiana, used trigonometry to solve a mathematical puzzle that was thought to be unsolvable for 2,000 years. At St. Mary’s Academy, an all-girls school founded by nuns to help other young black women after the Civil War, Calthea Johnson and Nekiya Jackson are challenged to enter a […]

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 […]