According to a new Violence Policy Center report, Louisiana ranks fourth in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men. The report applies to 2012, the most recent year data is available. The United Way of Southeast Louisiana’s Kim Sport says this year’s report is particularly concerning…

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Louisiana’s rate of women murdered by men was 1.92 per 100,000 in 2012.

So what will life be like for Ray Nagin for the next 10 years now that his sentence at a federal prison in Texarkana, Texas has begun? Loyola University Professor and former Bureau of Prisons official, Robert English, says in terms of personal property, Nagin will only be able to keep what can fit into a prison issued foot locker. He says Nagin will only be able to wear khaki…

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Nagin is reportedly filing an appeal with a public offender because he can no longer afford to pay for a lawyer.

A Slidell police officer remains in critical condition after he was possibly driving drunk in a crash that killed his passenger. State Police Trooper Greg Marchand says a resident heard the crash around 4:30 Sunday morning, but the wrecked Jeep Wrangler was spotted two and a half hours later and 31-year-old Daniel Hanlon was pronounced dead at the scene…

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He says impairment is suspected on the driver, 31-year-old John Cole, as bottles of alcohol were found in the vehicle. Cole was off-duty at the time of the accident.

An additional charge of forcible rape has been filed against “Sons of Guns” star Will Hayden. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office says a victim has come forward alleging Hayden raped her more than 20 years ago when she was just 12-years-old. Hayden was arrested last month accused in the rape of another 12-year-old girl.