Because of a link to mental illnesses and the potential for more violent behavior, President Barack Obama plans to eliminate solitary confinement for juveniles and low-level offenders in prison.The Justice...
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After a Jefferson Parish deputy was shot while serving a warrant, the community came together to help take care of someone who normally protects them.
The Jefferson Parish...
City councilwoman Susan Guidry has proposed several laws to lessen arrests on marijuana users and allow the police to work on more serious crimes.
Under the proposed municipal law change, a first-time...
After serving Louisiana as governor for two terms and unsuccessfully running for the United States' President, Bobby Jindal will be searching for a new way to serve his country.
What the future holds...
The New Orleans Public Defenders Office announced that, due to an overload of cases and lack of funding, they will begin to refuse cases beginning in mid-January.
According to a press release provided...
From Jan. 20 until Feb. 20, star-gazers will be able to put away their telescopes and view 5 planets with the naked eye.
Mercury, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mars will be visible 45 minutes before sunrise.
In...
From the Russo-Japanese War to a long-lived life as a tailor, Yasutaro Kodie, the world's oldest man, passed away at the age of 112.
Two months before his 113 birthday on March 13, Kodie died of heart...
Winter brings more than just cold weather and daylight savings time. Maya Rogers, international business senior, who has been diagnosed with depression since the end of middle school, said that late winter...
At least 20 people were killed in a militant attack at Bacha Khan University in Pakistan on Jan. 20.The tragedy comes a month after a bombing in a clothing market which killed 24 people in Dec. 2015. Bacha...
The last thing Jon Vedol expected to happen during his venture into the French Quarter was to be robbed, and it's an experience he said he will never forget.
“I was terrified because you don’t know...
A new report shows that Louisiana has the highest amount of people living with mental illness and the lowest access to care.
A new report from the Mental Health Association shows that Louisiana has the...
Newly elected governor John Bel Edwards has proposed a new initiative to protect LGBT employees in Louisiana from discrimination.
People who identify as gay can be fired from there job in Louisiana....
