A 19-year-old man is arrested in connection with shooting three children, one fatally, at a Shreveport apartment complex. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is taking a different legal approach in the state’s effort to prevent abortion pills from being shipped into Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Shreveport Police make an arrest in connection with a shooting at an apartment complex. Corporal Christopher Bordelon says following a thorough investigation, police arrested 19-year-old Javieon Abbott for shooting three children at the apartment complex’s basketball court.
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Bordelon says Abbott was directing his gunfire at the 17-year-old, and it hit and killed 13-year-old Sha’michael Russell in the process.
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The other child shot was Russell’s two-year-old sister. Family members told local media in Shreveport that Sha’michael and his little sister were visiting their grandmother at the apartment complex, and he died while saving his sister amid the barrage of gunfire. Bordelon says Abbott is charged with second-degree murder, with other charges forthcoming.
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Louisiana Tech welcomed its third straight record-breaking freshman class and set a new record for its highest undergraduate and main-campus enrollment in school history. It is also its most academically prepared freshman class ever, with the number of students with an A-C-T score of 30 or higher — up 22-percent. University president Jim Henderson says the school has not given up on rigor.
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Construction engineering technology had a 25-percent year-over-year increase in enrollment, the most of any program. The other fastest-growing programs are nursing, kinesiology, electrical engineering, and accounting. Henderson says the growth reflects a commitment to research that can be practically applied to economic growth.
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LA Tech also has the highest retention rate of any school in the University of Louisiana System. Nearly 90-percent of the school’s enrollment is made up of Louisiana residents, but Henderson says students are not just choosing Louisiana Tech over other in-state schools.
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Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama are asking the U-S Supreme Court to strike down abortion shield laws that allow providers in states where abortion is legal to prescribe and mail abortion pills to women in states where abortion is banned. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says Louisiana law is clear — abortion drugs are illegal in the state…
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Shield laws in states including New York, California and Massachusetts protect doctors from prosecution if they prescribe and mail abortion pills to patients in states with abortion restrictions. Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin says some doctors are telling patients the drugs are safe, but he claims some women have ended up hospitalized after taking them…
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Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama have also filed a federal lawsuit against 30 abortion-pill providers, seeking to stop the drugs from being shipped into their states.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says his state has made abortion illegal, and it should have the authority to enforce that law…
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The Center for Reproductive Rights says shield laws provide critical protections for patients seeking abortion care. But Murrill argues abortion pills can pose serious risks to women, citing what she says are several examples…
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Murrill says data from abortion providers indicate roughly 800 abortions are taking place each month in Louisiana as a result of abortion pills.