A man who was just elected to serve as New Orleans’ chief criminal court record keeper has an extraordinary personal connection to the role. Calvin Duncan, 62, spent three decades in prison before his wrongful murder conviction was vacated. He will take office as the city’s newly elected clerk of criminal court in January despite…
An inmate in Louisiana was recaptured overnight Friday, two days after he allegedly threw a chemical substance at a police officer’s face in a daring prison escape. Cecil Michael Stratton, 46, escaped from the Berwick Police Department jail on Wednesday while “jailers were securing inmates during lockdown procedures,” the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Department said…
Dad seeks justice after students allegedly shared nude deepfake of his daughter – CBS News Watch CBS News A family in Louisiana is raising awareness about AI-generated deepfake pornography after fake explicit photos of their 13-year-old daughter were allegedly shared among students at her middle school. Kati Weis reports. Source link
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A grand jury on Wednesday indicted former Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder for felony theft and malfeasance in office for allegedly stealing a rare artifact that had gone missing from the state capitol. Schexnayder allegedly stole an ancient cypress board worth more than $25,000 that had been on display in the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether a former Louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs. The justices heard arguments in the case of Damon Landor, who wants to sue for money damages under a federal law designed to protect…
From the South Shore to the North Shore, families say they are at a breaking point with their bills. So, we are here to help. WDSU spoke with a money-saving expert to share tips you may not know about.In St. Tammany Parish, it’s another grocery run for Samantha Honeycutt.“It hurts to see people do without,…
Two girls were hospitalized after they were thrown from a Ferris wheel on Saturday afternoon at a festival in Louisiana, authorities said. One suffered broken bones and the other may have bleeding in her brain, CBS News Chicago reported. Photos and video taken at the scene appeared to show the Ferris wheel — at the annual Harvest…
LAFAYETTE, LA — Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi, a man accused of participating in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in federal court in Louisiana. Al-Muhtadi, 33, appeared before a judge for an arraignment in an orange prison jumpsuit, shackled at the hands and feet. As he entered the…
Federal prosecutors accused a man in Louisiana of participating in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, then traveling to the U.S. on a fraudulent visa, according to newly unsealed court documents. Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi, 33, was allegedly part of the National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the…
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled their willingness on Wednesday during arguments in a case involving Louisiana electoral districts to undercut a key section of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 federal law enacted by Congress to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Arguments in the case…