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Dr. Pamela Simmons who treated Courtney Spears said she had never come across a case like hers.

The man's body has not been found.

"It's a terrifying feeling," said Robert Owens, who couldn't afford to evacuate from his Baton Rouge neighborhood before Ida's onslaught.

While Ida may be smaller than Katrina, it makes up for that with power and a more alarming trajectory.

Some 2,901 individuals as of Thursday were hospitalized with COVID across the state, the highest number at any point since the beginning of the pandemic.

Officials say that the "friendly" Burmese python, named Cara, was likely still inside the Mall of Louisiana's zoo and may have climbed into the ceiling.

"There's a huge group I think we haven't tapped that want to get vaccinated and just haven't made the time, so yes, I think this is the place to do that," Dr. Mays said Wednesday.

A federal judge declared that the officers involved "demonstrated a serious and wanton disregard" for constitutional rights.

Justin Blaine Thompson, 33, is among five people who have died in accidents caused by heavy rainfall in Louisiana.

The juvenile struck several vehicles before crashing the bus into a tree, a Baton Rouge police spokesperson said.

Christopher Jerome Sterling was arrested this week and charged with obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact to second degree murder in connection with a 2018 wedding day killing.

The Mississippi River Delta, visible in the images, is the seventh largest river delta on Earth.

Exxon said a volunteer fire crew had the blaze at the facility in Baton Rouge contained and no injuries have been reported.

Meshell Hale, 51, of Baton Rouge, is accused of poisoning Damian Skipper in 2015 and murdering Arthur Noflin Jr. in 2016.

The storm is expected to form into a Category 1 hurricane and make landfall late Friday night or early Saturday morning along Louisiana's southern coastline.

The new law requires female strippers to be at least 21 years old.

YouCaring has said it is not the right platform for a law firm seeking to raise funds for cases against Black Lives Matter.

It was a Republican legislator's third attempt to have Louisiana join 12 other states that don't require permits.

On July 9, at the height of the protests, police arrested 200 people.

Gavin Long identified himself as a member of an African-American offshoot of the anti-government Sovereign Citizen Movement.

Trump demands 'law and order' while police union rails against open carry of firearms expected at the convention.

As states and localities increasingly allow open carry of firearms in public, it becomes increasingly difficult to detect and apprehend people with felonious intent.

The sniper attack on Dallas police is part of a surge in deadly assaults on law enforcement officers in the U.S.

The deployment of a robot bomb in Dallas on July 7 was the first time American police officers have used a robot to kill someone.

The cop wrote, "Yeah. I would have done 5," apparently referring to the number of times Philando Castile was shot.

Many in the state are frustrated that their governor can't be bothered to do his day job.

The vocalist, whose career spanned five decades, passed away Tuesday morning.