Louisiana News
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Houston -
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
Washington -
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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New Orleans -
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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Baton Rouge -
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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Branson -
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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Voorhees -
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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New Orleans -
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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Baton Rouge -
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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San Francisco -
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
Baton Rouge -
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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Shreveport -
A section of interstate in Louisiana shut down Tuesday morning after a semi-truck carrying about 75,000 corn dogs crashed.
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New limits enacted and announced recently by Louisiana social service officials prohibit welfare recipients from using their benefits to make purchases from tattoo parlors, lingerie retailers, nail salons, and jewelry stores.
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The majority of states with a high percentage of gay porn viewers is in the South, where gay marriage is illegal in all states, according to new findings on the salacious topic.
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Angola -
A black man convicted by an all-white jury of a murder he did not commit walked out of a Louisiana state prison a free man on Tuesday after spending 30 years on death row.
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Lafourche Parish voters spoke out at the ballot box on Saturday, rejecting a measure to rededicate real estate tax monies toward the construction of a much needed new detention center. The hotly-debated issue was contentious and nasty at times.
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Come Saturday, members of a southern Louisiana community of 97,000 known as Lafourche Parish will vote on a controversial ballot proposal aiming to reallocate $800,000 a year from the local library budget to the funding of a new $25 million jail.
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Given the choice, would voters opt for a new 600-bed jailhouse, or vote to keep funds in a library system that has been well-managed for years? That question has been put on the ballot in one Louisiana parish today, and the outcome will be interesting.
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The exhibition Voices of Civil Rights documents events during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Library of Congress
President Barack Obama and Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolf, left, inspect a tar ball as they look at the effect the BP oil spill is having on Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, May 28, 2010. White House photo by Chuck Kennedy
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Morganza Spillway, opened in May 2011, its first opening since 1973. lagohsep/flickr
Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) workers contracted by BP clean up oil on the beach in Port Fourchon, La U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.
This booth was set up for children to examine free books and to present the work of new authors.
The boats took people along Cane River Lake as jazz flooded the town. Del Forsloff
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Sinkhole in Assumption Parish Louisiana Governors Office
East Baton Rouge Police officers patrol Airline Hwy on July 17, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Sean Gardner, Getty/AFP
Street performer in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Dragon Master Showcase street performer in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Steamship Louisiana lleaves Saint Nazaire bound for Mexico in 1862 Ecomusee Saint Nazaire
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Laura Cayouette and Joe Chrest in a scene from 'Like Son' John Schneider Studios
Balloon-animal maker on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Colorful street performer in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Lafourche Parish jail was built in the 1940's. Jordan McAlister
Workers at a decontamination site in Venice, La., bundle oil containment boom after it was replaced by clean boom and cleaned US Coast Guard
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