Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the ...
Most AAPI adults don’t support cutting agencies and want a focus on costs: AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll
Most Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders do not agree with the strategy of putting entire federal agencies on the chopping block, nor are they broadly on ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice ...
Mahmoud Khalil didn’t wear a mask. He’s now the face of Trump’s crackdown on campus protests
When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a ...
Trump administration halts $1 billion program that keeps aging affordable housing livable
The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thousands of units livable for low-income Americans, ...
States should scale back abortion reporting demands, advocacy group says
States should stop requiring health providers to file reports on every abortion because the information poses a risk to both them and their patients in the current political environment, a ...
Lafayette Parish Council votes unanimously on cemetery appeal
The Lafayette Parish Council approved Kevin Medard’s appeal to obtain the necessary permits to continue burial ceremonies at ...
Height of crawfish season kicks off with ninth annual Pardoning of the Crawfish
The Pardoning of the Crawfish ceremony was held at Pat’s Fisherman’s Wharf in Henderson, Louisiana, to celebrate the start of the crawfish season, which is expected to be a good one ...
Ragin’ Cajuns Golf: Potgieter Wins Louisiana Classics; Cajuns Finish Third Overall
Malan Potgieter of the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns won the Louisiana Classics by defeating LSU’s Alfons Bondesson in a sudden-death playoff, becoming the first Ragin’ Cajun to claim ...
Justice Department is expected to slash public corruption unit, AP sources say
Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be significantly reduced in size, and that its cases will be ...
Democrat David Gottfried wins Minnesota House special election, restoring a 67-67 power split
Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama to control the chamber chose Democrat David Gottfried on Tuesday in a race that will leave ...