Tag: Louisiana
Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before execution date
Christopher Sepulvado, an 81-year-old Louisiana man who was scheduled to be executed, died Saturday night according to his lawyers, just days after a...
New York refuses Louisiana's extradition request for doctor charged with prescribing abortion pills
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York on Thursday rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor who was charged with prescribing abortion...
New York shields abortion pill prescribers after a doctor was indicted in Louisiana
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion...
A missing Tennessee girl, 14, was left in the woods by a man she met online, sheriff says
HAHNVILLE, La. (AP) — A missing 14-year-old Tennessee girl has been found safe in the Louisiana woods, where authorities say she was left...
Gov. Newsom declares emergency in California after CDC confirms severe case of bird flu in Louisiana
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as the H5N1 bird flu virus moved from the Central Valley to Southern...
Supreme Court takes up Louisiana racial gerrymandering dispute
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide a thorny legal dispute from Louisiana involving the state's effort to draw a...