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Anthony Michael Hall really did cast John Cusack in "Sixteen Candles"

Anthony Michael Hall looks back on the John Hughes movies that made him a teen idol, and to the fut…

Jason Guerrasio   


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Live updates: Hurricane Ida forecast to land in the Gulf Coast on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

This GOES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at 10:20 p.m. EDT, and pr…

Morgan Keith   


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Louisiana governor vetoes anti-trans athlete bill: 'Discrimination is not a Louisiana value'

Louisiana Gov. John Edwards vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have barred transgender youth fro…

Natalie Musumeci,Charles Davis   


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The Louisiana judge who appeared to use racial slurs in a home video is taking an unpaid leave of absence, her attorney says

"Judge Odinet is humiliated, embarrassed, and sorry for what she has done," Dane Ciolino, the lawye…

DeArbea Walker   


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The Supreme Court refused to get involved in the case of a Louisiana pastor who ignored the governor's order banning large gatherings

Louisiana Pastor Tony Spell openly violated the governor's order prohibiting gatherings larger than…

Connor Perrett   


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John Bel Edwards was narrowly re-elected as governor of Louisiana. He's not a typical Democrat.

Not only is Edwards a unique politician who strays from the Democratic party platform, but the Loui…

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Live Results: Republican incumbent Sen. John Kennedy beat a slate of challengers in Louisiana's US Senate election

Kennedy, one of six Republican senators who voted to sustain an objection to Arizona's electoral vo…

Hanna Kang   


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75,000 Louisiana college students can receive $100 for getting a COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Edwards says

All higher education institutions are eligible. Details will vary by institution, but students shou…

Taiyler Simone Mitchell   


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15 states mostly led by Republicans refuse federal funds to feed hungry children during the summer months

Several Republican-led states told BI they have existing programs to feed children during the summe…

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Dozens of jailed kids, nearly all of them Black, must be removed from a former Louisiana death row unit after facing cruel punishment, judge says

The children have been incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the nation's largest adult…

Katie Hawkinson   


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US Army engineers are dredging the dwindling Mississippi River 24/7 and battling seawater creeping upstream toward New Orleans' drinking water

The Mississippi River is low, following another year of drought. This threatens the international s…

Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…   


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How Democrats can win big in red states

Tuesday's results show that Democrats can still win in places Biden or future Democratic presidenti…

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Supreme Court sides with Louisiana GOP in redistricting fight, orders state to use congressional map accused of suppressing Black votes

The high court's three liberal justices — Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan &m…

Natalie Musumeci   


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Louisiana governor posthumously pardons Homer Plessy from infamous 'separate but equal' Supreme Court case

Plessy v Ferguson was a case argued in the US Supreme Court in 1896 which became the catalyst for a…

DeArbea Walker   


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Baton Rouge's largest hospital has reportedly run out of hospital beds due to COVID-19 spike in Louisiana

"These are the darkest days of this pandemic. We are no longer giving adequate care to these patien…

Azmi Haroun   


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Louisiana governor reissues statewide mask mandate as state leads the country in new COVID-19 cases

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards reinstated the statewide indoor mask mandate for all people over th…

Natalie Musumeci