Emergency workers were surveying the damage from a large tornado that whipped through rural Mississippi on Friday night, flattening homes and trapping some residents. The tornado caused damage in Silver City and Rolling Fork, Miss., the National Weather Service office in Jackson said on Twitter. The agency issued rare tornado emergencies for parts of the […]
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Louisiana’s recent reluctance to execute its prisoners stands in sharp contrast to other red states in the Deep South, such as Texas and Oklahoma, which each carried out five death sentences in 2022. Oklahoma has already scheduled executions into 2024 in several controversial cases, including Richard Glossip’s. Louisiana’s reprieve has also been tenuous. The state’s […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office / Fox 8 A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison and will be forced to undergo chemical castration before he is released. On March 1, Ryan Clark, 34 pleaded guilty to second-degree rape, molestation of a juvenile under 13, and sexual battery. Details […]
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, center, accompanied by Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, right, and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Cecilia Rouse, left, speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, March 10, 2023Photo: Andrew Harnik (AP) The White House press briefings have never had so much […]
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First to leave was Louisiana, followed by Alabama. Then, in one fell swoop, Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced on Monday that they would drop out of a bipartisan network of about 30 states that helps maintain accurate voter rolls, one that has faced intensifying attacks from election deniers and right-wing media. Ohio may not […]
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Two weeks ago, Alonzo Bagley was shot and killed by Louisiana police when they responded to a domestic disturbance call. According to CNN, he had previously had a violent run-in with the same police department a few years ago which led to a lawsuit. CC Off English Two officers arrived at Bagley’s apartment building and […]
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Updated as of 2/17/2023 at 10:00 a.m. ET Bodycamera footage of the moments leading up to the shooting and killing of Alonzo Bagley by a Shreveport cop has been released by Louisiana State Police, per The Associated Press. After the shooting, Officer Alexander Tyler is heard anxiously begging Bagley to stay alive as he grew […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Ivan Apfel / Getty Legendary rapper and serial entrepreneur E-40 is empowering the next generation of music innovators. The California native—whose real name is Earl Stevens—recently gifted Grambling State University with a generous donation to elevate and expand its music program. The $100,000 endowment will go towards the maintenance of a […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Gary Miller / Getty NBA YoungBoy is ditching rap for the religious life. In a new interview with Billboard this week, the 23-year-old rapper opened up about his spiritual journey and what life has been like since he was placed on house arrest in 2021. YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell […]
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