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Vehicle rams New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 10; ‘terror’ suspect ID’d

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The suspect in a deadly attack on New Year's revelers in New Orleans has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Texas, according to the FBI. At…

John McCarthy January 1, 2025

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A missing Tennessee girl, 14, was left in the woods by a man she met online

HAHNVILLE, Louisiana (AP) — A missing 14-year-old Tennessee girl has been found safe in the Louisiana woods, where authorities say she was left by a man who had picked her…

John McCarthy December 30, 2024

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Caged tiger wheeled into LSU’s Tiger Stadium for the first time since 2015 at governor’s behest

BATON ROUGE (AP) — A caged Bengal tiger was wheeled onto the Tiger Stadium field for the first time in nearly a decade before kickoff of Saturday night’s game between…

John McCarthy November 11, 2024

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Ex-Louisiana mayor is arrested and accused of raping minor following abrupt resignation

DERIDDER, Louisiana (AP) — A woman who abruptly resigned her mayoral seat in a small southwest Louisiana city a week ago is now facing a rape charge involving a minor.…

John McCarthy August 3, 2024

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His brother was found dead, his mother was arrested, then this baby was found crawling by a highway

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old “miracle baby” survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside the…

John McCarthy July 16, 2024