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Leprosy has the potential to help regrow damaged livers finds new study
Researchers have discovered that parasites associated with leprosy can reprogramme cells to increas…
ANI
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A 9-year-old boy mistook a millionaire for a homeless man and gave him his last dollar, report says
The businessman, 42-year-old Matt Busbice, was so touched by the boy's offer that he rewarded him w…
Rebecca Rommen
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Over half of the gas stations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge are out of fuel as the cities remain without power because of Ida, and now a heatwave has arrived
The heat index was 108 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday. The governor said residents who evacuated b…
Madison Hall
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A Louisiana resident was killed when a tree fell on their house in the first death caused by Hurricane Ida
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed that a person died when a tree fell on a house near…
Jacob Sarkisian
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3 Louisiana police officers have been put on leave after LSU wide receiver Koy Moore said they 'violated' him while stopping him at gunpoint
LSU wide receiver Koy Moore said the officers assumed he was carrying a gun and drugs, and tried to…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A Louisiana police officer was filmed pinning a 13-year-old Black teen to the ground with an arm around his neck
The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating the arrest. The officer had not been placed on l…
Ashley Collman
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A disabled Black panhandler was shot dead in Louisiana. Police questioned the white man who said he opened fire and then let him go.
A white man who said he shot a Black panhandler outside a Trader Joe's in Baton Rouge was interview…
Rhea Mahbubani
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How the Air Force puts together a B-52 flyover
Two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base and two F-15 Strike Eagles from the…
Senior Airman Lillian Miller, US Air Force
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17-year-old Chili's hostess attacked by angry customers after trying to enforce restaurant's COVID-19 seating policy
"I had blood rushing everywhere," Kelsy Wallace told a local Baton Rogue news station WBRZ, describ…
Áine Cain
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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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'We are being poisoned': Black residents living in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' say the state is guilty of 'genocide' and environmental racism
In parts of Cancer Alley, a region rife with petrochemical plants, the risk of cancer is 47 times t…
Trisha Gopal
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What we talk about when we talk about diversity, and CNN
In an effort to make CNN more palatable for "all" viewers, who comes to mind, and who gets overlook…
Trisha Gopal
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A Louisiana teenager is missing after he went overboard a sunset cruise during a senior trip just days after graduating
Coast Guard officials are searching for Cameron Robbins. Bahamian authorities said they were lookin…
Erin Snodgrass
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A large number of gun crimes are committed using guns stolen from unlocked cars. A Louisiana lawmaker now wants to hold those car owners liable.
The US government says that about 96% of stolen firearms— reported between 2017 and 2021 — were sto…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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We need to stop talking about the race of the Monterey Park shooting suspect
To dismiss the tragedy as another mass shooting because of the suspect's race is to ignore the expe…
Yoonji Han
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The long, troubled history of police and transgender communities
The police once raided gay bars and arrested transgender people for cross-dressing. Decades after S…
Narimes Parakul
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New Orleans pastor admits defrauding his church of $900,000 to spend on cars and paying off credit cards
Rev. Charles Southall III moved cash meant for church projects into his personal account, including…
Mia Jankowicz
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Nancy Davis says abortion denied, baby unlikely to survive due to rare skull condition: 'I'm carrying it to bury it'
Nancy Davis, now 13 weeks pregnant, told a Baton Rouge TV station she has to decide whether to carr…
Lauren Frias
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Baton Rouge police chief: The militarization of the police 'saved lives'
Baton Rouge police have faced criticism of their response to the death of Alton Sterling, a fatal p…
Mark Abadi
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Several police officers shot while on duty in Baton Rouge
Police-community relations in Baton Rouge have been especially tense since the killing of 37-year-o…