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with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorWelcome back and good morning. Lots to read about today, so let's get to it … Cop outYet another BRPD officer got canned for wrongdoing. With Cpl. Jacob Cowart gone, that means a quarter of the department's once-dozen-person narcotics unit has quit or gotten the axe. Reporter Lea Skene has the scoop. Guilty on two countsAfter nearly four hours of deliberation, jurors found Dulce Maria Funez guilty on two counts of first-degree murder. Youssef Rddad, who covered the trial, brings us this dispatch from its culmination. 'We could have prevented this'COVID hospitalizations on Wednesday rose to their highest levels since mid-February in a surge that's pushing doctors and nurses to the limit. "These numbers aren’t just numbers," Dr. Katherine Baumgarten, an infectious disease specialist at Ochsner, told one of our reporters. "These are individuals that have been loved and that are missed. We could have prevented this. We should have prevented this through vaccinations." To see the latest numbers, click here. Stay safe, stay healthy and thanks for reading! |
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| On Monday, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder made a bold prediction: He was “comfortable 100%” he would have the votes in the Louisiana House … Read more |
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| A BRPD detective has been fired amid widening fallout from a corruption probe focused on the department's narcotics division. Read more |
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| For weeks, Louisiana public-health experts, epidemiologists and prominent political leaders have warned with increasing urgency that the st… Read more |
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| The wife of a Gonzales man who drowned inside his vehicle during May flooding on Bluebonnet Boulevard near the Mall of Louisiana is suing t… Read more |
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| Gov. John Bel Edwards kicked off his monthly call-in radio show just as Louisiana's House neared a vote on overriding his veto of a ban on … Read more |
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| More than two years before Ronnie Kato allegedly killed Baton Rouge Police Lt. Glenn Hutto Jr. and his girlfriend's stepfather in what bega… Read more |
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| A woman accused of slaying an Ethel couple was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder Wednesday following a trial that saw prosecut… Read more |
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| The Times-Picayune and The Advocate will receive a $1 million gift from the Ford Foundation, one of the nation's largest philanthropic fund… Read more |
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| HOOVER, Ala. — It takes a lot to eclipse Nick Saban Day at Southeastern Conference football media days. Read more |
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