Authorities say 41-year-old Terrence Washington of Thibodaux was sexually abusing a 15-year-old and the teen’s mother blamed her daughter and then set her on fire. Cops say on April 18th Washington shot the teen in the chest and face. Then on April 20th, they left the state. Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Department Lt. Blake Tabor…
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The teen was taken to the hospital and it was clear the teen’s injuries were from abuse. Both Washington and the child’s mother have been arrested.
The US Supreme Court says the most recent congressional map with two black-majority districts will be used for Louisiana’s fall election. NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney Jared Evans believes the ruling came down to timing.
Qualifying for the fall election is mid-July.
The Louisiana Legislature has sent a bill to the governor’s desk that bans the sale of nitrous oxide. Also known as laughing gas, it’s sold in metal canisters in convenience stores and smoke shops. It can be used to make homemade whipped cream, but director of the Louisiana’s Poison Control Center, Mark Ryan, says some use it for human consumption, which is dangerous…
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If Governor Jeff Landry signs this bill, Louisiana would become the first state to completely ban public sale of nitrous oxide.