Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning. Here's what our reporters have been writing about this weekend … Vax mandate pausedThe court put a temporary stop to a federal order for companies with 100 or more employees to mandate COVID vaccines or weekly testing. Louisiana's AG filed the legal challenge along with a host of Republican-leaning states and private businesses, and a trio of appellate judges agreed to put a pause on the policy, which was set to go into effect in January. Elyse Carmosino breaks it down for us here. Dissection raises legal, ethical questionsThe contract language may have allowed for the dissection of a WWII veteran's body in front of a paying audience, but that doesn't mean it was right. In this story, Lea Skene — who's been covering the unsettling afterlife of David Saunders' corpse — delves into the ethical and legal question raised by the commercial use of a body donated to science. Cash claimsSome $5.6 million in uncashed state income tax refunds is owed to 22,000 people and businesses. Liam Pierce explains how to find out if some is yours to claim. Thanks again for reading! |
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| When Elsie Saunders signed a contract affirming her late husband wanted his body donated to science after his August death from COVID-19, s… Read more |
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| A federal appeals court in Louisiana has halted a Biden administration order requiring companies with more than 100 employees to mandate CO… Read more |
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| St. James Parish sheriff's deputies are looking for an 18-year-old Vacherie man accused in the slaying of a teen after a drug deal late Thu… Read more |
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| The NFL came short of throwing the book at Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Devin White for his conduct against the New Orleans Saints last … Read more |
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| Louisiana’s Republican delegation in the U.S. House voted against the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that was negotiated by Republican U… Read more |
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| Louisiana delegation splits 1-5 along party lines Read more |
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| A pedestrian hit along the road by an intoxicated driver in the early morning darkness last Sunday in St. Amant died four days later at the… Read more |
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| A 57-year-old bicyclist died after being struck by a Jeep on Siegen Lane near its intersection with Perkins Road, then being run over by dr… Read more |
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| A Napoleonville-area man showed child pornography to a young child and then acted out the sex acts in the video with the girl, Assumption P… Read more |
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