Fairly typical late-May weather will prevail over the next couple of days. Muggy mornings will give way to warm and somewhat humid afternoons, with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible. Highs will top out in the upper 80s today and Thursday, with rain chances running about 20% on both days.
Surveillance video from inside the subway station shows a man with a knife stalking potential victims. When the man chose a victim, the good Samaritan sprang into action.
The Baton Rouge Fire Department reported a woman is facing a charge of aggravated arson after setting a small fire at Baton Rouge General - Mid City on Tuesday, May 25.
People in Louisiana could start betting on sports events as early as the fall. According to Senate President Page Cortez, it could happen before the end of football season.
The LSU Tigers struggled in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament, having been eliminated by the Georgia Bulldogs 4-1 on Tuesday, May 25.
Hundreds of LSU faculty members voted Tuesday for a resolution calling on the university to require students to receive COVID-19 vaccines before returning in the fall.
The health and safety of women has emerged as a significant theme in this year’s legislative session, and five bills, two House resolutions and one Senate resolution dealing with these issues advanced on Tuesday.
Southern University alumnus and Southern University System Foundation (SUSF) Trustee Irving Matthews donated $1 million to expand the programming creating the Southern University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center.
The union official, Lyn Montgomery, says it’s part of a disturbing trend of unruly passengers, and she’s appealing to the airline’s CEO to do something about it.
Chad Daybell was also charged with one count of murder in connection with the death of his late wife, Tammy Daybell, just weeks before his marriage to the co-defendant.
There are still at least three bills that look to move the marijuana movement in Louisiana forward and one of them barely made it out of senate committee today.
The Associated Press published a story about allegations that some Army Reserve commanders improperly opened internal investigations into sexual assault complaints and retaliated against a whistleblower.
The celebration included a candlelight vigil, capping several days of marches, rallies and panel discussions about his death and confronting racial discrimination.
It’s a high-profile legislative fight where Biden has notably taken a backseat, preferring to leave the work of hammering out a compromise to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
On Monday, May 24 the Southeastern Conference announced their All-SEC Teams as voted on by league coaches. Four LSU Tigers found their way to All-SEC Teams.
Paul, a libertarian-leaning former presidential candidate, tweeted Monday that he takes any such “threats immensely seriously” and said he has been “targeted multiple times.”
A U.S. official says the agency is expected to issue a security directive later this week that will include a requirement that pipeline companies report cyber incidents to the federal government.
The White House has repeatedly said it is seeking a “stable and predictable” relationship with the Russians, while also calling out Putin on allegations that the Russians interfered in last year’s U.S. presidential election and that the Kremlin was behind a hacking campaign.
Gov. John Bel Edwards held his weekly briefing on Tuesday, May 25, about Louisiana’s ongoing fight against COVID-19. He extended the current public health emergency order but lifted more restrictions.
Earlier this month, Ana Rafael Cruz was invited to Mexico for her visa interview, which would have gotten her one step closer to completing her permanent residency in the U.S.
Authorities with the Baton Rouge Fire Department say they are investigating a fire that was intentionally set inside of a vacant building on the morning of Tuesday, May 25.
A high school student told a sheriff’s deputy that a Kansas House member kicked him in the testicles while the lawmaker was working as a substitute teacher in his hometown last month, according to the deputy’s written statement.
Citing delays in passport renewals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department said certain passports that expired on or after Jan. 1, 2021, will be honored for reentry into the United States until Dec. 31.
Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the Justice Department to release the March 2019 memo as part of a public records lawsuit from an advocacy organization.
The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 117.2 from April’s 117.5 reading, the highest level since February of 2020, just before the pandemic began.
A prosecutor says investigators were preparing to seek an arrest warrant for a defrocked Roman Catholic priest long considered a suspect in the 1972 killing of a western Massachusetts altar boy shortly before his death last week.
Most metro areas in Japan are under a state of emergency and expected to remain so through mid-June because of rising serious COVID-19 cases that are putting pressure on the country’s medical care systems.
Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to become the second option for that age group in the U.S.
Republicans in Nevada are calling for an investigation into a vote last month to censure the GOP secretary of state after allegations emerged that the balloting was swayed by activists with ties to the far-right Proud Boys extremist group.
We’ll start today with areas of patchy fog and lower visibility, due to increased moisture and humidity. Not everyone will have reduced visibility, and those that do, will clear it out quickly.
The profusion of audits alarms election experts, who note that the Arizona audit has set a troubling new precedent of third-party, partisan review of the ballots, long after elections are over.
A new effort is underway in the Capital City to make sure that people remember manners, kindness, and civility. Jil Rigby Garner is the Founder and Executive Director of Manners of the Heart Champions of Respect.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office said there are still a handful of roads that are considered impassable because of the high water. A few of those include Gunboat Landing, Live Oak Street, Pecan Street, Swan Street, and Mallard Road.
Bishop Michael Duca issued a letter on Friday, May 21, that states the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass in the Diocese of Baton Rouge will expire on June 6.
Sondland alleges in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, that Pompeo had committed to reimburse his legal expenses after he was subpoenaed by House Democrats to testify in an impeachment case against then-President Donald Trump.
Debris removal in East Baton Rouge Parish could take several weeks to begin, as officials say they are awaiting federal disaster money to help pay the costs of the parish’s Emergency Debris Removal program.
Tyler Terry was arrested around 10:30 a.m., and neither he nor the more than 300 officers searching for him were hurt during his arrest, the Chester County Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter.
President Joe Biden announced Blinken would depart on Monday for a short visit to Israel, the West Bank, Jordan and Egypt for what will be the Biden administration’s highest-level in-person meetings on the crisis that erupted earlier this month.
