Louisiana News
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A tropical depression in the central Caribbean Sea strengthened to Tropical Storm Delta on Monday morning and is forecast to strengthen even more and take aim at the central Gulf coast of the United States, possibly as a hurricane.
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Officials in east Texas and western Louisiana ordered more than 500,000 people to evacuate as Hurricane Laura draws closer to making landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday morning.
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By AFP
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New Orleans, the Louisiana city known as the "Big Easy" famed for its jazz and nightlife, has become an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic gripping the United States.
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By AFP
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Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, joining a string of other US states restricting the termination of pregnancies as early as six weeks.
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On Wednesday, Louisiana released a sweeping plan called LA SAFE, detailing climate adaptation strategies and underscoring the problem of coastal land loss. The plan is a detailed blueprint for coping with global warming.
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On April 27, teen pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis cleared the second highest height of his career in the men's pole vault: 5.94 meters, in his own home state of Lousiana.
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The U.S. state of Louisiana residents has begun experimenting with a digital driving license, meaning that residents will be able to show their license on their smartphone instead of providing a physical copy.
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An army of volunteers has been aiding Coast Guard and National Guard troops in rescuing thousands of people stranded in Harvey's flood waters today. And the worst is not over as another 10 to 25 inches of rain is forecast to fall through Thursday.
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With Tropical Storm Harvey forecast to slowly move to the Northeast after spinning erratically to the south-southeast for a day or two, a state of Emergency has been declared in Louisiana. The state has, in turn, requested a fuel waiver.
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By AFP
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US President Donald Trump on Monday declared an emergency in Louisiana as part of the southern state was pelted with rain from tropical storm Harvey.
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The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm warning today after the weather system being watched in the Gulf of Mexico became better organized and its winds increased to 45 mph.
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A subsidence map of coastal Louisiana has now produced by Tulane University. The map puts the rate at which this region is sinking at just over one third of an inch per year.
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The Dakota Access Pipeline fight is not over, but it has expanded to include another pipeline being constructed by Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners. This time, the oil company is seeking approval for the Bayou Bridge Pipeline extension in Louisiana.
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The actor, musician and filmmaker, currently starring in popular soap opera 'The Haves and the Have Nots,' is doing his bit to raise money for flood relief by staging a concert in Branson, Missouri.
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With parts of southern Louisiana drenched with over 25 inches of rain since Friday, the federal government declared a major disaster in the state on Sunday.
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A chance meeting on a film set led to this rarely out of work actor appearing in two John Schneider films, 'Like Son' and 'Inadmissible.' He recounted the experience - and more - to Digital Journal.
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Like an increasing number of established screen actors, the 51 year old from Maryland has recently worked with writer, director and actor John Schneider. She relayed the experience to Digital Journal.
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Known primarily for his role as Nakoma in the 1974 film and subsequent TV series, 'The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams,' this 65-year-old actor of Native American descent is enjoying a new lease of life making movies with actor and writer, John Schneider.
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The former hair stylist is now a much sought after film producer. She reveals all about the various projects she's been working on with actor, writer, director and friend, John Schneider.
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"The Dukes of Hazzard," "Smallville" and now "The Haves and the Have Nots," each generation over the past 37 years has had its own iconic series featuring Mr. Schneider in a starring role. He also has a few film releases lined up for 2016 and beyond.
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Residents of this New Jersey town are asking why one local gas station is charging $3.98 per gallon when other nearby stations, including one across the street, are charging $1.79.
The $3.98 price at the Lukoil station has stayed the same since August.
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Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
A new report shows how Koch Industries, headed by Charles and David Koch, profited by worsening the damage caused by the devastating storm.
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When it comes to teaching evolution in Lousiana, educators and school officials are robbing students of a proper education in science.
And it almost seems like some teachers are crawling out of the woodwork to do this.
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Sharks are handsome creatures, and generally, most of us don't think of them as cute. Chances are, many of us may think of them as stately, graceful, and cunning creatures, but no, not cute.
Except for the pocket shark. It is very cute, and very rare.
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An unruly Louisiana teen has been charged with assault after knocking a school bus driver unconscious, leading to another teen on the bus stepping in to bring the vehicle to a halt.
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As commemorations of Martin Luther King, Jr. day were being planned and celebrated, one man, Ardist Cooper, Jr. who lived through those times before the Civil Rights Movement, shared his recollections.
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By AFP
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US Senator Mary Landrieu, one of the last standing elected Deep South Democrats, lost her bid for re-election in Louisiana, further clinching Republicans' dominance in the Senate following mid-term elections last month.
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The Department of Justice announced today that ExxonMobile Pipeline Company has agreed to pay a civil penalty for its alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2012 Northline crude oil spill in Louisiana.
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, in a complete about-face, announced on Wednesday his plans to remove Louisiana schools from the nation's Common Core English and math standards. The move would make Louisiana the fourth state to withdraw this year.
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On Sunday, a Senate committee bloated the state construction budget with more projects.
Going over budget by $400 million, House Bill 2 is now in the hands of Gov. Bobby Jindal who needs to decide on which projects stay and which go.
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on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
People are shown here feeding the ducks on Cane River Lake on a perfect sunny day in Natchitoches at the annual jazz festival
PROBLEM-SOLVERS?: A group of alligator gars (atractosteus spatula) swim at the Steinhart Aquarium, part of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, in 2009. BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons
Oil Derrick in the Louisiana Bayou. Rainforest Action Network - Flickr CC2.0
Dragon Master Showcase street performers in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Submerged houses in southern Louisiana thanks to Hurricane Isaac Via Instagram user heatherlynette
Morganza Spillway, opened in May 2011, its first opening since 1973. lagohsep/flickr
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
VENICE, La. - U.S. Environmental Services’ workers move oil-absorbent pads into a warehouse at a pollution control staging area in Venice, La., April 27, 2010. Staging areas are being set up along the Gulf Coast to actively identify, target and protect environmentally and economically sensitive areas. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.
Blalock is shown on the right, looking at the pictures of the devastation on the coast and speculating on the risks to the State of Louisiana.
DISASTER: Boats equipped with water cannons fight the devastating fire at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. U.S. Coast Guard/Wikimedia Commons
Super 8 has a national policy to take pets.
Workers at a decontamination site in Venice, La., bundle oil containment boom after it was replaced by clean boom and cleaned US Coast Guard
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
This is a file photo of an old African American Baptist church where one hears the music of country and of God as people sing of the promise of America.
Colorful street performer in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Sinkhole in Assumption Parish Louisiana Governors Office
A historic flood inundates southern Louisiana. Eric Snitil / #Louisiana / Twitter
ENERGY: A major oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, is shown after it was damaged by Hurricane Rita in 2005. Leif Skoogfors-FEMA/Wikimedia Commons
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