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WASHINGTON (AP) — Surging prices for gas, food and rent catapulted U.S. inflation to a new four-decade peak in June, further pressuring households and likely sealing the case for another large interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, with higher borrowing costs to follow. Consumer prices soared 9.1% compared with a year earlier, the government…

DONALDSONVILLE – A man was arrested after an investigation revealed he had killed two people, including a 14-year-old girl, as well as shooting at three others. The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office reported in a press release sent out Wednesday that Devonte Leblanc, 21, was arrested for a double homicide that happened in March of 2021. …

BATON ROUGE – A women’s health office was allegedly vandalized and spray-painted overnight. The Women’s New Life Clinic in Baton Rouge said its workers found the building and signage around it painted in bright red with messages such as “abortion is a right” and “fake clinic.” The office offers certain services and hopes to persuade…

New York researchers transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month, the latest in a string of developments in the long quest to one day save human lives with animal organs. The experiments announced Tuesday come after a historic but failed attempt earlier this year to use a pig’s heart to save…

LONDON (AP) — London’s Heathrow Airport is capping daily passenger numbers for the summer and telling airlines to stop selling tickets as it steps up efforts to quell travel chaos caused by soaring travel demand and staff shortages. Britain’s busiest airport said Tuesday that it’s setting a limit of 100,000 passengers that it can handle…

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A family fight over the home of a woman who moved into an assisted living facility left two people dead, and another wounded, police said. A preliminary investigation found that as several members of the family prepared to arrive in Florida for a vacation, a male relative who didn’t have…

BATON ROUGE – Police are investigating an attempted sexual assault report in the Perkins overpass district. The Baton Rouge Police Department responded to the area around 8 p.m. on Sunday night. No arrests have been made, and police did not release any information about possible suspects. Authorities say the investigation is ongoing. Permalink| Comments Top…

LAKE MAUREPAS – A six-year-old boy was taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon after he was bitten by an alligator on Lake Maurepas. The boy’s mother, Tiffany Cressionnie, said her family was swimming at the sandbar at Lake Maurepas near the Tickfaw River when her son was bitten. Cressionnie said she heard her son yell…

TEXAS – A pregnant woman ticketed for using the high-occupancy vehicle lane is using the overturning of Roe v. Wade to argue that her unborn fetus counts as a person.  Watch her full interview with CNN here. Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: – Louisiana News Press Release Distribution Service

SLIDELL – A Baton Rouge man was arrested with a massive stash of stolen checks Friday afternoon amid an outbreak of mail thefts across the capital area. The Slidell Police Department said Rashawn Robinson-Mills, 21, was stopped after officers saw him pulling a gun from his waistband while getting into a stolen car with a…

ST. TAMMANY – Traffic along I-10 West on the Twin Span Bridge stalled Sunday morning after an 18-wheeler overturned. The tanker was headed to New Orleans, officials say. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office told The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate the cab of the truck went off the bridge and into the water.…

BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Firefighters responded to a house fire on the 2700 block of Lorraine Street, where at least one person was injured as a result. According to officials, the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Crews arrived on the scene to find little smoke and no fire visible. All…

BATON ROUGE – Starting Monday, DOTD crews will be conducting routine inspections on the I-10 Mississippi River Bridge. DOTD officials announced the inspections will occur daily from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. from Monday, July 11, to Saturday, July 30, weather permitting. There will be brief rolling closures twice a day to allow crews to…

NEW ORLEANS – The temporary restraining order allowing abortions in Louisiana ended Friday, but New Orleans police say they will not arrest people who decide to have the procedure. According to WWL-TV, the New Orleans Police Department will not make arrests or enforce the abortion ban in the city of New Orleans despite Louisiana’s trigger…

Baton Rouge and the Episcopal Knights lost a great person, leader and athlete today when Jimmy Williams died at the age of 43 after battling illness.  ?@EHSBRAthletics? mourns the loss of our friend and colleague Jimmy Williams. There are no words to describe the impact this man had on our school and our lives. Thank…

COVINGTON – An arrest of a teenager for an armed robbery led detectives to his uncle, who was also arrested in a separate burglary case.  Detectives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a 16-year-old after he brandished a firearm at, and demanded money from, a cashier in a gas station on Highway 21.…

BATON ROUGE – A teenager is back home safe after a reported abduction where a gun was apparently fired in a Baton Rouge neighborhood Thursday. “There was a shooting between those two individuals. It’s still an ongoing investigation. We’re trying to get down to the specifics as to what happened,” said L’Jean McKneely, spokesperson for…

A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea from the woman’s daughter that without medical help “she’s going to die.” A Greene County detective last week filed charges…

MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner on Thursday pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling during her trial in Moscow but said she had no intention of committing a crime, Russian news agencies reported. The reports quoted Griner as saying through an interpreter at the court hearing that she had acted unintentionally…

BATON ROUGE – A man was arrested after a domestic dispute where he allegedly shot at his dating partner when she jumped from a moving car to escape him. Police arrested Treston Beckham, 30, on Wednesday. Beckham is facing several charges after he allegedly kidnapped the woman, stole her car, and choked her.  On June…

JACKPOT, Nev. – A woman and an infant from north Louisiana died after their tandem bicycle was struck by a car while vacationing out of state over the Fourth of July weekend. KTVB reported the crash happened Monday as 38-year-old Beth Ann Huey and 1-year-old Paul Zebulun Huey were riding the bicycle along US 93…

Aiden McCarthy’s photo was shared across Chicago-area social media groups in the hours after the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, accompanied by pleas to help identify the 2-year-old who had been found at the scene bloodied and alone and to reunite him with his family. On Tuesday, friends and authorities confirmed that the…