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Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublicaDespite being caught in a 2021 video ripping out Shantel Arnold’s hair, sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to report the incident. A new law authored by Arnold’s attorney will mandate excessive-force reporting for all law enforcement agencies. -
Shelby County Sheriff Department/FacebookCorey Adams was an 18-year-old defensive lineman from New Orleans. Authorities say he was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an intersection in the Memphis suburb of Cordova on Saturday night.
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Some rural Louisiana towns struggle to find candidates due to unique challenges to holding rural office. -
Nearly all of the employees of a NASA contractor at the Michoud Assembly Facility and Stennis Space Center that faced layoffs at the end of June have been hired by the company that’s been awarded a similar contract. -
State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections. -
A judge has ordered the release of two Iranian-born LSU students from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, where they have been detained since late June. -
A tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico is bringing heavy rain to Louisiana and Mississippi, but forecasters don’t believe it will strengthen into anything significant. -
Four law enforcement officials and a businessman in Central Louisiana are accused of falsifying crime reports to help foreign nationals remain in the United States. -
The last remaining piece of a damaged American ship from World War II has been found. -
New Orleans is preparing for heavy rainfall this week as a tropical disturbance moves through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Louisiana coast. -
Now that the cuts have been approved, here are some ways people in Louisiana could be impacted. -
Louisiana residents will now be able to use the digital version of their driver’s licenses from LA Wallet as identification at airport security checkpoints, U.S. government buildings and federal courthouses across the country.
