U.S. President Donald Trump greets members of the audience after signing a proclamation during a Greek Independence Day celebration at the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have so far taken the shape of country-specific, sweepingly reciprocal, targeted at sectors and applicable…
When Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead pro-Palestinian demonstrations while a Columbia University student, was detained this month, the Trump administration argued he should be deported to help prevent the spread of antisemitism, invoking a rarely used law. Lawyers for Mr. Khalil, a legal permanent resident who is being detained in Louisiana, quickly responded that the…
Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state’s first execution in 15 years, The Associated Press reported. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person in the United States — all in Alabama, the only other state with a protocol for the…
3 arrested in Louisiana student’s fraternity hazing death – CBS News Watch CBS News Three people have been arrested, one on manslaughter charges, in the death last month of a 20-year-old student at Southern University and A&M College. Authorities say Caleb Wilson died after being punched in the chest during a fraternity hazing ritual at…
BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving forward with the execution, which would have been Louisiana’s first in 15…
Police in Louisiana have arrested two more people who were allegedly involved in the off-campus, fraternity hazing death of 20-year-old Southern University student Caleb Wilson last month, bringing the total arrests to three. Baton Rouge Police Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of 25-year-old Kyle Thurman and 28-year-old Isaiah Smith. They were both charged with…
Wylie High School alum arrested in Louisiana college hazing death Wylie High School alum arrested in Louisiana college hazing death 00:31 A 20-year-old Southern University student died after an alleged off-campus fraternity hazing ritual in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in late February. The student, Caleb Wilson, “died as the direct result of a hazing incident where…
An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a 20-year-old Southern University student after an off-campus fraternity hazing ritual, Baton Rouge authorities announced Friday. Baton Rouge Police Department Chief Thomas Morse Jr. told reporters at a briefing that Caleb Wilson “died as a direct result of a hazing incident where he was…
A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson died days after a March date was scheduled for his execution by nitrogen gas. Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, “from natural causes as a result of complications…
Coast Guard rescues man, dog Coast Guard rescues man, dog during Hurricane Helene surge 01:31 Three people were rescued after a fishing vessel capsized Thursday 40 miles offshore from Caillou Bay, Louisiana, the Coast Guard said in a news statement. Cost Guard watchers received a satellite distress alert from the fishing vessel Anthony via the vessel’s…