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  • Lafourche man missing after leaving Raceland business

    Lafourche Parish investigators are searching for a 53-year-old man who left his place of business on Thursday morning for stops at a store and the bank and hasn't been seen ...

  • Advocacy group claims La. laws weak on gun violence

    A recent national study says Louisiana has the highest rate of gun violence in the nation and the weakest gun safety laws. But state lawmakers are moving to expand the already permissive ...

  • Louisiana’s Sen. Landrieu Seeks to Delay Flood Insurance Increases

    Sen. Mary Landrieu filed legislation this week to delay flood insurance increases for many residents and businesses in southern Louisiana that officials fear could begin skyrocketing at the end of the year. The National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization was approved last year. Landrieu, D-La., had an amendment that was defeated that would have stalled premium increases of 20 percent or ...

  • Victim in I-10 shooting identified

    The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting on I-10 after finding a man shot to death inside a vehicle on the side of the ...

  • 2 arrested 1 still on the loose in CBD attack

    They have been identified as brothers 32-year-old Dorian Ferguson and 21-year-old Byron Ferguson. The duo were arrested at a restaurant on Bourbon ...


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Because I Said So

Because I Said So

Because I Said So is a desperate comedy whose frequently acute insights into tense, but loving mother-daughter relationships is constantly hamstrung by ill-advised forays into physical humor and too much reliance on Diane Keaton's mania. Keaton trades a little too heavily ... ...

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  • 2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted

    Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...

  • Tornado loss estimate $2 billion to $5 billion

    The string of tornadoes that ripped across the central United States in the past week did between $2 billion and $5 billion in damage, according to an initial estimate from Eqecat, a catastrophe risk ...

  • Sales tax holiday this weekend for hurricane supplies

    It's the annual state sales tax holiday on sales of hurricane-preparedness items and supplies. You will not have to pay taxes on certain items on the first $1,500 of the sales ...

  • Gunman sought in Algiers shooting

    Authorities with the New Orleans Police Department said they obtained an arrest warrant for Kemond Pierre, 22, after a 25-year-old man was critically injured in the shooting in the 2100 block of Springbrook ...

  • Russias Far East rocked by powerful quake

    The epicenter for the extremely powerful quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and about 600 kilometers (nearly 375 miles) underground. The quake was felt for five minutes in the region, Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reported. Many people ran into the streets as the temblor shook. No tsunami warnings were issued in the quake's ...

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