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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Louisiana

The FBI investigates the area on Orleans St and Bourbon Street by St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter where a suspicious package was detonated after a person drove a truck into a crowd earlier on Bourbon Street on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
January 2, 2025, 3:28 pm
Officials probe terror links, possible accomplices in ISIS-inspired New Orleans attack
US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, posted clips online praising Islamic State hours before driving truck into New Year’s Eve crowd, killing 15
By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin McGill and Jack Brook
This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue). (CDC/NIAID via AP)
December 18, 2024, 8:22 pm
Health officials report first severe human bird flu case in US
Louisiana man had been in contact with sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, reports Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and notes danger to general public still low
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 on Election Day near Chenoweth, Ohio, November 7, 2023. Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on June 19. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
November 13, 2024, 8:39 am
Federal judge temporarily halts Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools
Law obligated state schools, universities to hang posters laying out biblical laws; case brought by coalition including three Jewish families claims it violates first amendment
By jacob gurvis
Illustrative: Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 on Election Day near Chenoweth, Ohio, November 7, 2023. Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on June 19. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
June 26, 2024, 1:09 am
Jewish parents join suit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools
Lawsuit argues that last week’s law violates the First Amendment, and some Jews feel that while rooted in the Bible, the statutes as presented push Christian values on kids
By Jackie Hajdenberg
File: Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 on Election Day near Chenoweth, Ohio, November 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
June 20, 2024, 5:38 pm
Louisiana passes law requiring public schools to display Ten Commandments
Law’s supporters say its purpose is not solely religious, but intended to teach that edicts are ‘foundational document’ of US government; critics say law unconstitutional
By Sara Cline
Nancy Davis (WAFB screenshot)
August 21, 2022, 6:15 am
Hospital denies abortion to Louisiana woman whose 10-week-old fetus missing a skull
36-year-old hires lawyer after medical center refused to conduct procedure because acrania not on list of exceptions to ban; so she’s forced to cross state lines for operation
By ToI Staff and AFP
Homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, August 30, 2021, in Lafitte, Louisiana. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
August 31, 2021, 1:25 pm
Hurricane Ida causes 2 deaths, as thousands in US face weeks without power
25,000 utility workers are on the ground in Louisiana to help restore electricity after ‘catastrophic’ damage, governor says
By Rebecca Santana and JAY REEVES
A section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter by Hurricane Ida winds blocks an intersection, Sunday, August 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
August 30, 2021, 8:00 am
Hurricane Ida knocks out New Orleans power, claims its first fatality
Unidentified person found dead after a tree crashes down on a home in Prairieville; the 150-mph winds make it the 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland US
By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill and Janet McConnaughey
A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter by Hurricane Ida winds, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
August 30, 2021, 12:54 am
Massive Hurricane Ida makes landfall, barreling towards New Orleans
Swift emergence of category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph (230 kph) leaves no time to order mandatory evacuation, but city hopeful this time levees will hold
By Kevin McGill and JAY REEVES
US residents drive north (L) on Interstate Highway 55 near Magnolia, Mississippi, as they evacuate away from New Orleans on August 28, 2021, before the arrival of Hurricane Ida. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
August 29, 2021, 11:41 am
Evacuations, fear as ‘extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Ida grows to Category 4
Storm expected to make US landfall Sunday afternoon, battering New Orleans on 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; ‘Extended power loss is almost certain,’ says city official
By Daxia Rojas
In preparation of Hurricane Ida, a US worker attaches protective plywood to windows and doors of a business in the French Quarter in New Orleans, August 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
August 29, 2021, 8:54 am
Hurricane Ida expected to slam into Louisiana on Sunday afternoon
Storm slated to bring winds as high as 130 mph and flooding rains when it hits US shores, endangering New Orleans and parts of Alabama
By Rebecca Santana and Kevin McGill
Louisiana state Rep. Valarie Hodges sits with author David Barton, who has been branded an 'extremist' by the Southern Poverty Law Center, during a May debate on a bill of Hodges' that would have mandated Holocaust education in the state. The bill, which Hodges ultimately declined to pursue after amendments, was backed by fringe figures such as Barton partially as a response to parallel efforts to legislate the teaching of other history lessons. (Screenshot from Louisiana House of Representatives/ via JTA)
July 11, 2021, 11:25 pm
Failed Louisiana Holocaust education bill was used to pan critical race theory
Jewish groups split over support; amid ongoing debate, bill’s founder posts photo of Hitler on official Facebook page with caption saying he was ‘everything today’s liberal craves’
By Eleanor Stern
Luke Letlow speaks after signing up to run for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)
December 30, 2020, 9:07 am
US Congressman-elect dies from COVID-19, days before swearing-in
Doctor says Luke Letlow, a Republican from Louisiana, didn’t have any underlying health risks that put him at greater risk from the coronavirus
By Melinda Deslatte
Bradley Beard digs as he searches in vain for his water shutoff valve, next to his heavily damaged home and the destroyed trailer home of his daughter Nicole, in Hackberry, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Aug. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
August 30, 2020, 7:33 am
‘A time to pick up’: Louisiana begins cleanup after Hurricane Laura
US death toll from storm rises to 16; majority killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from unsafe operation of generators; authorities say some could be without water, power for weeks
By Gerald Herbert and NOMAAN MERCHANT
A single truck is parked in an open lot as heavy rains from hurricane Laura fall in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on August 26, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
August 27, 2020, 11:39 am
‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Laura slams into Louisiana coast
Authorities warns of ‘unsurvivable storm surges’ as hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents are instructed to evacuate their homes
By Gianrigo Marletta and Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
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