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  • Jeff LandryEnvironment

    ‘He really turned the tide’: Oyster people cheer La. Gov. canceling $3 billion project funded by Deepwater Horizon settlement

    By Jack Brook and The Associated Press
  • A Chevron sign on a gas stationEnvironment

    Chevron will be forced to cough up at least $740 million after a decade-long trial ruled the oil company dumped billions of gallons of wastewater into the Louisiana coast

    By Jack Brook and The Associated Press
  • Workers walk outside a damaged warehouse after storms moved through Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Lewisville, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Environment

    Powerful storms kill 2 in Mississippi and launch wildfires and blizzard conditions across the U.S.

    By Jeff Martin, Jack Brook, and others
  • Louisiana festival queens from across the state ride in a float during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)Environment

    New Orleans scrambles to rework Mardi Gras in the face of severe storm and tornado warnings

    By Jeff Martin, Jack Brook, and others
  • TV reporter Adan Manzano smiles for the cameraLifestyle

    A TV reporter sent to cover the Super Bowl was found dead in his hotel room. Police say he had sedatives in his system and his phone and cards were stolen by a woman almost twice his age

    By Jack Brook and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Airbnb app icon is displayed on an iPad screen in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Tech

    Airbnb is suing New Orleans over new rules requiring platforms to verify owners have permits for short-term rentals

    By Jack Brook and The Associated Press
  • Meta Platforms Inc. logo seen displayed on a monitorTech

    Meta will build a $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana—and Elon Musk is also expanding his own Tennessee AI facility

    By Jack Brook, Adrian Sainz, and others
  • The skyline of Baton Rouge, LouisianaLifestyle

    TikTok star with 8+ million followers charged in killing of Louisiana therapist

    By Jack Brook, Kevin McGill, and others
  • A woman sits behind a ring light and takes pictures of herself.Health

    TikTok creator ‘Mr. Prada’ charged in therapist’s bludgeoning death

    By Jack Brook, Kevin McGill, and others
  • A pile of wood used to make pelletsEnvironment

    $3 billion energy giant admits violating pollution limits in Louisiana—just like it did in Mississippi

    By Jack Brook and The Associated Press
  • BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – OCTOBER 12: Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants in the area October 12, 2013. ‘Cancer Alley’ is one of the most polluted areas of the United States and lies along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches some 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical industries reside alongside suburban homes. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images.)Environment

    Mitsubishi’s planned $1.3 billion chemical plant in Louisiana doesn’t work economically or environmentally, energy group says

    By Jack Brook and The Associated Press