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Why Louisiana's $1.3 billion shrimp industry could go extinct

Louisiana catches about 70 million tons of shrimp, but it's not enough to meet America's surging de…

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Lana Del Rey married a Louisiana swamp tour guide. Here's everything you need to know about her new husband, Jeremy Dufrene.

The couple wed at a waterside venue in Des Allemands, Louisiana, on Thursday, September 26, accordi…

Eve Crosbie   


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A new US Army unit is taking pointers from Ukraine on drones and electronic warfare

The Ukraine war has changed warfare, and the Pentagon is racing to incorporate the lessons.

Tom Porter   


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On a former cotton plantation in Louisiana, a Black farmers' cooperative is reclaiming the land and money their ancestors lost

In the 20th century, Black farmers in the US lost 90% of their land. New initiatives like Jubilee J…

Trisha Gopal   


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The fire at a Marathon Petroleum factory in Garyville, Louisiana, can be seen from space

Marathon Petroleum said it's doing everything it can to put out the fire in Garyville, Louisiana, a…

Grace Eliza Goodwin   


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A Chick-fil-A in Louisiana is doing a $35 'summer camp' where kids see what it's like to work at the restaurant

The Chick-fil-A location is one of several that host the three-hour events where kids age 5 to 12 g…

Dominick Reuter   


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B-52 bomber crew picks up award for pulling their plane out of life-threatening 'catastrophic' failures at 1,200 feet

The Air Force crew's exceptional handling of a B-52 emergency earned them the AFGSC General Curtis …

Ella Sherman   


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'We are being poisoned': Black residents living in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' say the state is guilty of 'genocide' and environmental racism

In parts of Cancer Alley, a region rife with petrochemical plants, the risk of cancer is 47 times t…

Trisha Gopal   


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A 9-year-old boy mistook a millionaire for a homeless man and gave him his last dollar, report says

The businessman, 42-year-old Matt Busbice, was so touched by the boy's offer that he rewarded him w…

Rebecca Rommen   


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Climate change forced an Indigenous community in Louisiana to relocate from their ancestral land: 'I will always have a feeling of being displaced'

For generations, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe called the Isle de Jean Charles home. Due to c…

Isaiah Reynolds   


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A 5-foot-long alligator crept inside a Louisiana home. The homeowner said he would have shot it if not for his dog's growling.

Homeowner Don Shultz said his Australian cattle dog's growling saved the alligator from being shot.

Marielle Descalsota   


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A 28-year-old woman was arrested and accused of spending an entire year posing as a 17-year-old Louisiana high-schooler

Both the woman and her mother were arrested for falsifying government documents by the authorities …

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan   


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How a Louisiana crawfish company harvests 60,000 pounds a day

Crawfish generate $300 million for Louisiana's economy each year. Parish Seafood Wholesale is on th…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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Pentagon explains the mysterious Russian tank at a truck stop in Louisiana saying it was disarmed and is going to an Army training center

The captured Russian T-90A tank was being transported to a US Army training center in Maryland, a P…

Sophia Ankel   


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A Louisiana teenager is missing after he went overboard a sunset cruise during a senior trip just days after graduating

Coast Guard officials are searching for Cameron Robbins. Bahamian authorities said they were lookin…

Erin Snodgrass   


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A captured Russian tank from the war in Ukraine mysteriously showed up at a truck stop in Louisiana, report says

The Russian T-90 tank was abandoned in Kharkiv Oblast in September last year, open-source intellige…

Sophia Ankel   


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A Louisiana man shot a teen girl in the head as she played hide-and-seek on his property, the latest in a string of unprovoked shootings

The suspect told investigators that he saw "shadows outside his home," prompting him to go inside a…

Natalie Musumeci   


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A large number of gun crimes are committed using guns stolen from unlocked cars. A Louisiana lawmaker now wants to hold those car owners liable.

The US government says that about 96% of stolen firearms— reported between 2017 and 2021 — were sto…

Sarah Al-Arshani   


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A New Orleans police officer Lil Wayne referred to as 'Uncle Bob' is dead. The rapper spent his career praising him after he saved his life.

Lil Wayne reached out to Robert Hoobler, the cop Wayne nicknamed "Uncle Bob," and said that he woul…

Hannah Getahun   


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Louisiana former police chief and councilman plead guilty to offering people between $10 and $20 each to vote for them in 2016 and 2020 elections

The Justice Department said Jerry Trabona and Kristian Hart gave money to accomplices who would the…

Jake Epstein