| By MIKE SMITH | Staff writer |
Marijuana and state law: President Biden's announcement that he would pardon thousands of Americans convicted in federal courts of simple marijuana possession has led to calls for states to do the same. Gov. John Bel Edwards commended Biden’s action, but said he could not make the same move himself. Murder mystery solved: A murder mystery was solved in part when authorities said they had finally been able to identify a man whose badly decomposed body -- minus its arms and the lower half of one of one of its legs -- was found on a stretch of rural St. Tammany Parish highway in the summer of 2016. But while the positive ID solves one riddle, another remains: Who was Kleanthis Konstantinidis and why would someone want him dead? Saving corals: The federal government plans to pour $125 million into the fight against a mysterious disease that has ravaged corals in Florida and much of the Caribbean, and now poses a dire threat to the treasured reefs off the Louisiana and Texas coasts. Also, want more environmental and outdoors news? Sign up for our free Louisiana Coastal Watch newsletter, emailed every Tuesday morning. Thanks for starting your day with Morning Headlines. Catch the latest news all day on NOLA.com. MS | 