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    Weather
    Downed power lines and other damage from Hurricane Zeta are seen in Chalmette, La., on Thursday. Seven hurricanes have hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, bringing extensive destruction to the area.
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    Zeta Causes 2 Million Power Outages, Speeds Its Way Into Virginia

    Oct 29, 2020
    Most of the power outages are in Georgia, where 677,842 customers lost electricity. But Louisiana, Alabama and North Carolina each saw more than 400,000 accounts go dark.
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    Hurricane Zeta is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday night.×
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    Now A Hurricane, Zeta Is On Track To Hit Louisiana On Wednesday

    Oct 26, 2020
    Zeta is the 11th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, and would be the fifth named storm to make landfall in Louisiana this year — the most since the state started keeping records in 1851.
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    The Louisiana Supreme Court building is pictured in New Orleans. Fair Wayne Bryant was convicted in 1997 of stealing hedge clippers and sentenced to life.
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    Black Man Serving Life Sentence For Stealing Hedge Clippers Granted Parole

    Oct 18, 2020
    Fair Wayne Bryant had committed four felonies over the two decades leading up to his 1997 theft of hedge clippers. His parole follows a failed bid for the state Supreme Court to review his sentence.
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    Hurricane Laura left scattered debris and damaged homes in Lake Charles, La. last week. The state has reported 15 deaths associated with the storm, with more than half of those attributed to improper use of portable generators.
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    Majority Of Hurricane Laura Deaths Linked To Improper Use Of Portable Generators

    Sep 01, 2020
    Eight of Louisiana's 15 hurricane-related deaths are linked to carbon monoxide poisoning from portable generators. As of Tuesday, many thousands of households in the state are still without power.
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    National
    An aerial view of Lake Charles, La., shows damage to houses last week after Hurricane Laura, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit Louisiana, tore through the area.
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    Amid National Crises, Louisiana Mayor Fears His Decimated City Will Be Forgotten

    Sep 01, 2020
    Most buildings in Lake Charles, La., were damaged by Hurricane Laura. As the city tries to rebuild amid a global pandemic, Mayor Nic Hunter worries the country will look away.
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    National
    A home near Iowa, La., was crushed by a snapped tree after Hurricane Laura made landfall with 150 mph winds Thursday. The area is facing two disasters at once.
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    After Laura, Learning How To Recover From A Hurricane During A Pandemic

    Aug 31, 2020
    Normal protocols for hurricane evacuation, aid distribution and recovery have been upended by the threat of the coronavirus.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates
    President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence listen during a Hurricane Laura briefing at FEMA headquarters in Washington.
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    Before Big Convention Speech, Trump Visits FEMA For Storm Briefing

    Aug 27, 2020
    Trump said the campaign briefly considered postponing his convention speech, but he will now continue as planned and visit Texas and Louisiana over the weekend.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates
    Damaged homes sit among floodwaters after Hurricane Laura passed through the area Thursday in Holly Beach, La.
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    Hurricane Laura's Intense Winds Cut Through Louisiana Coastline

    Aug 27, 2020
    One of the most powerful storms to hit the state in living memory leaves destruction and misery in its wake, with debris from homes and businesses scattered about and at least one death.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates

    Chemical Fire Burns Near Lake Charles, La., In Aftermath Of Hurricane Laura

    Aug 27, 2020
    Smoke is rising over the city from a plant complex that makes chlorine for swimming pools, according to a state official. Residents are advised to shelter in place until further notice.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates
    A street is seen strewn with debris and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through Lake Charles, La., on Thursday.
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    Hurricane Laura Knocks Out Power For Hundreds Of Thousands In Louisiana And Texas

    Aug 27, 2020
    As of 12 p.m. ET Thursday, 578,911 customers were without power in Louisiana, and in Texas, 139,307 people were in the dark, according to the tracking site poweroutage.us.
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice

    Fatal Police Shooting Of Black Man In Louisiana Sparks Outrage And Protest

    Aug 23, 2020
    An investigation has been opened into the killing of Trayford Pellerin, 31, who was shot as he walked away from police toward a convenience store holding a knife, according to authorities.
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    The probable track of Hurricane Marco, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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    Louisiana Braces For 'One-Two Punch' Of Storms As Marco And Laura Approach Shore

    Aug 23, 2020
    Hurricane Marco is forecast to make landfall Monday, followed by Tropical Storm Laura, which is expected to become a hurricane. "The first 72 hours is on you," Gov. John Bel Edwards warned residents.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Fair Wayne Bryant's request to review his life sentence for stealing hedge clippers. Bryant has already spent nearly 23 years in prison for the crime.
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    Louisiana Supreme Court Won't Review Life Sentence For Man Who Stole Hedge Clippers

    Aug 05, 2020
    In a dissent, Chief Justice Bernette Johnson compared Fair Wayne Bryant's sentence to "Pig Laws" in the years after Reconstruction, which enacted harsh penalties for theft and other petty crimes.
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    Environment
    A woman walks her dog through the French Quarter in New Orleans as Tropical Storm Cristobal reaches the U.S., on Sunday.
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    Tropical Storm Cristobal Hits Louisiana, Mississippi Coasts

    Jun 07, 2020
    Storm surge warnings have been issued for the southeast Louisiana coast as well as the Mississippi coast for Sunday, with Mississippi being the hardest hit so far.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., seen here March 24 on the Senate floor, says underlying health issues impact coronavirus-related disparities.
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    Louisiana Sen. Cassidy Addresses Racial Disparities In Coronavirus Deaths

    Apr 07, 2020
    Sen. Bill Cassidy, who is a medical doctor, tells Morning Edition that underlying health issues like diabetes contribute to the disproportionate number of African Americans dying of COVID-19.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates

    Second Federal Inmate Dies From COVID-19

    Apr 01, 2020
    On March 31, the Federal Bureau of Prisons began a systemwide 14-day quarantine for inmates to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Medical professionals sanitize their facemasks prior to storing them away on March 23, 2020. They were preparing to collect specimens for coronavirus testing at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss.
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    Responses To Coronavirus Outbreak Vary Greatly In The American South

    Mar 26, 2020
    As more states order residents to stay at home to combat spread of the coronavirus, Mississippi and Florida are taking a different approach.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are adapting to the spread of the coronavirus by changing campaign schedules. Louisiana is delaying its primary by more than two months over coronavirus fears.
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    Louisiana Postpones Presidential Primary Over Coronavirus Fears

    Mar 13, 2020
    Louisiana is pushing back its presidential primary, from April 4 to June 20. It's the first state to postpone elections over coronavirus risks.
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    National
    Holden Matthews, who was arrested in April over suspicious fires at three historic black churches in southern Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
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    La. Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges Over Torching Historically Black Churches

    Feb 10, 2020
    Holden Matthews has stated that he committed the crimes in an attempt to break into the "black metal" music scene. He set three historically black churches on fire during a 10-day period.
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    National
    The case is set to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4.
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    The Louisiana Clinic At The Center Of Abortion Case Before Supreme Court

    Dec 29, 2019
    Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport is challenging a 2014 state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of an emergency.
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    National
    The Supreme Court, seen in June. Next year the justices will hear arguments on a Louisiana law that could leave the state with just one clinic that performs abortions.
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    Major Medical, Legal Groups Oppose Louisiana Abortion Law Before U.S. Supreme Court

    Dec 02, 2019
    In new amicus briefs, the American Medical Association and American Bar Association are among groups opposing the law, which is scheduled for oral arguments in March.
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    StoryCorps
    Former classmates Natalie Guice Adams and Eli Brown reconnected at StoryCorps, in Birmingham, Ala., earlier this month, where they talked about their school integrating for the first time.
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    Their School Integrated But Racial Divisions Remained: 'We Missed Knowing Each Other'

    Oct 25, 2019
    Eli Brown, who's black, and Natalie Guice Adams, who's white, were classmates when their Louisiana school integrated 50 years ago. "Our lives were so intertwined, but so separate," Adams said.
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    National
    Aimee Cutter, the owner of Beach House restaurant, walks through water surge from Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, La. Hurricane Barry made landfall Saturday morning.
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    Barry Makes Landfall In Louisiana, Weakening To Tropical Storm

    Jul 13, 2019
    The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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    National
    Tropical Storm Barry is predicted to become a hurricane before making landfall along the Louisiana coast Saturday morning.
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    Tropical Storm Barry Forms In Gulf; Louisiana Goes Into State Of Emergency

    Jul 11, 2019
    Barry is now predicted to become a Category 1 hurricane shortly before making landfall Saturday, with maximum winds of 75 mph.
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    National
    Holden Matthews, 21, has been identified and arrested in connection to the burning of three black churches in Louisiana. He was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on three counts of simple arson of a religious building.
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    'Evil Acts': Son Of Sheriff's Deputy Is Chief Suspect In Louisiana Church Arson Cases

    Apr 11, 2019
    Police investigating three recent attacks on historically black churches have arrested Holden Matthews, 21, a white male who is the son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputy.

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