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From slavery to today: The Black women who shaped America

From slavery to today: The Black women who shaped America

"If you don’t understand the history of Black women, you don’t understand the history of America." Those words from Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison open Sasha Bonét's debut memoir, "The Waterbearers". The New York writer traces three generations of Black women in her family: her grandmother Betty Jean, the daughter of formerly enslaved people in Louisiana who went on to raise eleven children; her mother Connie, who sought a middle-class life in majority-white Houston; and Sasha herself, now raising her daughter Sofia in New York.

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Sep 22, 2026 · byFrance 24
Kansas judge reportedly convicts driver in death of teacher whose husband was killed months prior

Kansas judge reportedly convicts driver in death of teacher whose husband was killed months prior

Ashleigh Boyd died in a car crash months after Adan Manzano, a TV reporter, was killed in Louisiana while preparing to cover the Super Bowl A Kansas school teacher’s fatal car wreck on Monday reportedly led to a vehicular homicide conviction for the motorist who crashed into her – a verdict delivered just four days after a Louisiana jury found a woman guilty of the drugging death of the educator’s widower while he prepared to cover the 2025 Super Bowl for Telemundo. Todd W Armstrong’s one-day bench trial in an 11 April 2024 traffic collision that killed Ashleigh Boyd in Topeka, Kansas, resulted in the judge, Andrew Holmes, finding him guilty of vehicular homicide, according to the victim’s father, Brian Hinck. Armstrong, who had pleaded not guilty, was tentatively scheduled for sentencing in November, Hinck said. Continue reading...

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Sep 22, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Louisiana woman faces charges after 17 cats found dead in extreme-heat conditions

Louisiana woman faces charges after 17 cats found dead in extreme-heat conditions

Madison Rebecca Colello, 29, surrenders after 20 other cats in severe distress rescued from business in town of Walker A Louisiana woman faces dozens of animal cruelty charges after 17 cats were found dead at a local business amid dangerously hot conditions without food or water, with 20 other cats in severe distress being rescued. Madison Rebecca Colello, 29, surrendered on Thursday morning at the Livingston parish detention center in Walker, Louisiana. She faces 17 felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty – in connection with the dead cats – and 37 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. Continue reading...

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Sep 18, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Louisiana firefighters find feline native to sub-Saharan Africa while responding to house fire

Louisiana firefighters find feline native to sub-Saharan Africa while responding to house fire

The African serval, illegally enclosed in the back yard, was subdued and transferred to an animal welfare facility Louisiana firefighters responding to a small house blaze found a wildcat native to sub-Saharan Africa illegally enclosed in the back yard, and an animal welfare agency is now seeking to place the creature in an appropriate environment, according to officials. Firefighters investigating a report of a minor fire at a home in the suburban New Orleans community of Marrero on Tuesday spotted the cat in question – an African serval – behind the residence in a chain-linked enclosure resembling a cramped baseball batting cage, a spokesperson for the local animal protection services said. Continue reading...

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Sep 18, 2026 · byThe Guardian
No Land to Stand On by Mahmoud Khalil review – a searing account of political imprisonment

No Land to Stand On by Mahmoud Khalil review – a searing account of political imprisonment

The Palestinian Columbia student snatched by ICE writes about his Kafkaesque ordeal with a quiet fury Mahmoud Khalil was completing a master’s degree at Columbia University when, in March 2025, plain-clothed officers from the Department of Homeland Security snatched him from his home in New York and took him to an immigration detention centre; he was then transferred to another facility in Louisiana, more than 1,000 miles away. As a green card holder, Khalil has permanent US residency, but secretary of state Marco Rubio had determined that his continued presence in the country would have “adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States”, and sought his deportation under a legal provision dating back to the McCarthy era. Khalil was released on bail in June 2024 after a federal judge ruled his detention unconstitutional, but the Trump administration is still trying to have him removed. Khalil – who was born to Palestinian parents in a refugee camp in Syria – had been targeted because of his advocacy on behalf of pro-Palestinian protesters during campus protests over Columbia University’s links to Israel. They were calling for Columbia to cut its ties with Israeli academic institutions and companies profiting from Israel’s onslaught on Gaza; in response, the university called in the NYPD. There was no suggestion that Khalil had done anything unlawful, and no criminal charges were brought against him; the government had simply identified him as an influential pro-Palestinian voice on campus, and for that reason alone they wanted him gone. He spent a total of 104 days in detention, missing the birth of his son. Continue reading...

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Sep 18, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Louisiana Mayoral Candidate Charged in False Voter Registration Scheme

Louisiana Mayoral Candidate Charged in False Voter Registration Scheme

Federal prosecutors have charged a Louisiana mayoral candidate and a Jamaican national with fraudulent voter registration and illegal voting. Bridget Johnson, 53, of Cotton Valley, has been charged with fraudulent voter registration and voting by an alien, while Michael Wedderburn, 52, of Jamaica, has been charged with voting by an alien after a federal grand […] The post Louisiana Mayoral Candidate Charged in False Voter Registration Scheme appeared first on The Daily Hodl .

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Sep 17, 2026 · byThe Daily Hodl
Republican senator blames Trump administration policies for measles deaths in Pennsylvania

Republican senator blames Trump administration policies for measles deaths in Pennsylvania

Health committee chair Bill Cassidy said fatal outbreak of disease is a ‘terrible legacy’ for Trump administration US politics live – latest updates Senator Bill Cassidy, the Republican chairman of the US Senate health committee, blamed the Trump administration ’s vaccine-skeptical approach for ‌recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania and challenged Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general to directly state that vaccines do not cause autism on Wednesday. Cassidy, a Louisiana physician who chairs the panel, said three people in Pennsylvania had died of measles, with a fourth death under review, because ​of misinformation and misguided policies. His remarks come as the US grapples with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades. Continue reading...

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Sep 16, 2026 · byThe Guardian
States Bet Big on Rural Health Startups, With a Silicon Valley Twist

States Bet Big on Rural Health Startups, With a Silicon Valley Twist

States are spending rural health dollars on tech startups, betting that untested companies will succeed where doctors have vanished and hospitals have collapsed. Louisiana’s call for innovative technology drew more than 200 pitches, seeking from $250,000 to $3 million in seed money.

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Sep 16, 2026 · byKFF Health News
Four victims identified in Louisiana stabbing spree after suspect detained

Four victims identified in Louisiana stabbing spree after suspect detained

Woman, her daughter, her son and his girlfriend identified as victims in incident that also critically wounded a child A Louisiana woman, her daughter, her son and his girlfriend have been identified as the four victims killed in a stabbing spree on Saturday that also left a young child critically wounded in the southern part of the state, according to a relative and family advocate. Verna Mae Verdin, her daughter Letha Verrett, her son Paul Verret, and his girlfriend Krissy Lynn Parfait were stabbed to death at their home in the community of Houma, the relative and advocate, Brandon Thiel, told Louisiana television news station WVUE and said on an online campaign raising funds in part for the victims’ funeral expenses. Continue reading...

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Sep 14, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Four dead in Louisiana stabbing spree as police search for person of interest

Four dead in Louisiana stabbing spree as police search for person of interest

Sheriff’s office identifies Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, as person of interest after series of stabbings in Houma leaves four dead Police are searching for a person of interest after a series of stabbings in Houma, Louisiana, left at least four people dead and another person in critical condition in hospital. The Terrebonne parish sheriff’s office identified Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, as a person of interest, after deputies were initially called to the Ashland Drive area of Houma and located a juvenile with apparent stab wounds. Continue reading...

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Sep 13, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Lawyer charged over alleged insurance fraud after Hurricane Ida poised to plead guilty

Lawyer charged over alleged insurance fraud after Hurricane Ida poised to plead guilty

Richard Huye charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in apparent scheme linked to 2021 storm aftermath The first defendant charged in connection with an alleged major property insurance fraud scheme in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in 2021 in Louisiana appears poised to plead guilty, if federal criminal court records are any indication. Richard William Huye III, who faces a count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud while working as an attorney for Texas law firm McClenny Moseley and Associates (MMA), is scheduled to tentatively appear at a rearraignment hearing on 28 September, filings in New Orleans’s federal courthouse show. Continue reading...

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Sep 13, 2026 · byThe Guardian
New Goldenrod Platform Helps Productions Secure Texas Film Boost

New Goldenrod Platform Helps Productions Secure Texas Film Boost

As sweetened production incentives roll out in Texas, an Austin-based company wants to help filmmakers capture the maximum possible rebate from the Lone Star State and beyond. Its new platform called Goldenrod is now live for productions based in Texas, with pilot projects in Kentucky and Louisiana. The launch announcement is timed to the Toronto […]

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Sep 10, 2026 · byDeadline
Appeals court hears bid to curtail access to medication abortion

Appeals court hears bid to curtail access to medication abortion

A federal appeals court Wednesday heard arguments in a case that could eventually wipe out access to medication abortion, even in blue states that protect abortion.  A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals peppered questions on attorneys for Louisiana, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and two manufacturers and distributors of…

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Sep 9, 2026 · byThe Hill
Louisiana ID Firm Breached, Exposing 153 Million Driver’s Licenses: Report

Louisiana ID Firm Breached, Exposing 153 Million Driver’s Licenses: Report

A dark web service briefly sold scans of over 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver’s licenses and other IDs, traced to a suspected breach at Louisiana-based IDScan.net. The FBI’s New Orleans field office opened an investigation after the data appeared on a Russian cybercrime forum. The post Louisiana ID Firm Breached, Exposing 153 Million Driver’s Licenses: Report appeared first on The Daily Hodl .

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Sep 2, 2026 · byThe Daily Hodl