Louisiana

Eight confirmed deaths in Florida after flesh-eating bacteria infects 13 

Louisiana has also reported an outbreak of Vibrio vulnificus, with 17 cases recorded in 2025.

A boat of a Burmese pythons hunter is seen in the Everglades' swamps during the 2020 Python Challenge Python Bowl in Big Cypress National Preserve near Ochopee, Florida, U.S. January 15, 2020
 Shreveport Aquarium's surprise: Yoko the shark born in all-female tank.

Shreveport Aquarium's surprise: Yoko the shark born in all-female tank

 First US human victim of H5N1 bird flu virus reported in Louisiana. Illustration.

First US human victim of H5N1 bird flu virus reported in Louisiana

 Pythagoras. Image by Vasnic64 is licensed under CC BY 2.0

High-schoolers come up with 'impossible' trigonometry proofs for Pythagorean theorem


Louisiana's ten commandments mandate: Culture war or constitutional crisis? - opinion

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry's recent legislation mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms has sparked controversy and legal threats.

 HATS WITH the slogan ‘Make America Pray Again’ are displayed at the National Religious Broadcasters Association International Christian Media Convention, addressed by Donald Trump, in Nashville, in February.

Jewish parents join lawsuit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools

The lawsuit has longstanding precedent on its side: In 1980, the US Supreme Court ruled that a Kentucky state law mandating the Ten Commandments in all classrooms was unconstitutional.

 Ten Commandments display at the Texas State Capitol in Austin

UFO sighting: Were aliens spotted in the skies above Louisiana?

Residents of Louisiana, USA, were stressed by photos of a bright ball "flying" at 4:30 am, raising many questions in the country.


Virginia shooting victim Mike Hollins leaves hospital

The shooter has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of malicious wounding and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

 University of Virginia in Charlottesville (Illustrative).

One dead, two injured in shooting at Louisiana high school graduation ceremony

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) announced that the "subject has been detained," while others at the scene are under questioning.

Police tape.

Louisiana governor to pardon plaintiff in landmark racial segregation case

Homer Plessy was arrested 1892, setting off a chain of events that led to the 1896 Supreme Court case.

AN AFRICAN AMERICAN uses a ‘colored’ water fountain in Segregation-era American South.

Hurricane Ida death toll in US Northeast rises to at least 50 victims

Hurricane Ida claimed at least 50 lives after devastating the northeastern United States last week. People are still missing after huge storm surges and hurricane-force winds tore through the region.

 The Shell Norco manufacturing facility is flooded after Hurricane Ida pummeled Norco, Louisiana, U.S., Aug. 30, 2021.

Evacuees urged not to return home after Hurricane Ida ravages Louisiana

With electricity, water, and hospitals still out of commission, evacuees who fled the powerful Gulf storm were told not to return home yet.

 Dartanian Stovall looks at the house that collapsed with him inside during the height of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., August 30, 2021.

Ida knocks out power to nearly all of Louisiana, more deaths feared

“We, New Orleanians, are resilient,” New Orleans Federation CEO tells ‘Post’. “We have been through this before and we will come out of this in a positive way.”

 A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.

Hurricane Ida slams Louisiana, weakens to tropical storm

Ida weakened into a tropical storm over southwestern Mississippi early on Monday, but it is expected to continue unleashing heavy downpours "likely to result in life-threatening" flooding.

 A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.

Holocaust teaching meets critical race theory: Debate grows in Louisiana

“You’re saying, ‘You have to teach the history of Holocaust, but you can’t teach the history of institutionalized, deeply embedded racism in the United States.’”

The bell outside the library in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, is all that remains of Benjamin's sugar cane plantation and antebellum mansion.