32-year-old Amethyst Baird Rathore of Monroe has pleaded guilty to attempted first degree murder of a police officer and three other charges in the January shooting of a state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Agent. Rathore’s attorney has said she suffered a concussion prior to the shooting of agent Tyler Wheeler. Legal analyst Tim Meche says her attorney may use that defense at the sentencing hearing…:
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Fourth District Attorney Steve Tew didn’t expect her plea, but will seek the longest sentence possible based on the fact she’s a habitual offender.

The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office reported two people were shot and killed last night in what appears to be a domestic incident. The names of the victims have not yet been released. The investigation is ongoing.

Tulane University has received a grant to reduce auto emissions from the chemical science company, SACHEM (Say-chem). Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Daniel Shantz (Sean-tz) says this grant will allow researchers to make materials for a diesel truck’s emission system to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions…:
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Shantz says currently, it’s hard for these catalysts to handle temperature increases from typical operating conditions.

Celebrity chef John Besh is stepping down “from all aspects of operations” of his restaurant group. Besh became the focus of a sexual harassment scandal following a Times-Picayune exposé of allegations throughout the Besh Restaurant Group. While Besh denied the allegations of workplace harassment, he did acknowledge an affair with a female employee, and said he was trying to repair the damage that affair did to his family.