 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer It is way too hot outside. With heat indexes climbing above 100, A/C repairmen are frantically busy trying to keep everybody cool. Here's a look inside their hectic workloads. Here's an eye-popping graphic that shows just how hot it's gotten. And here's a look at how buckling asphalt briefly shut down I-10.
Even after he stabbed her husband, Kim Cage didn't want her son to go to jail. Kaddarius Cage had been battling serious mental illness, she said, and she feared the isolation of prison would only make things worse. But sheriff's deputies said they had little choice but to take him away after the stabbing. Twelve days later, Kaddarius died by suicide. This is the story of a desperate struggle with a mental health crisis, and how multiple systems couldn't find an answer.
Is it cake? It's question you stumble across sometimes on social media, when skilled bakers manage to make something that looks so real you can't tell it's edible. It's also a TV show, and the next season has somebody from Louisiana to root for. Here's her story. | 
