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LSU wins!

BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer​ ​ ​

LSU's baseball team is bringing home the trophy. Putting Sunday's shellacking behind them, the team romped over Florida xxx to xxx to win the College World Series. 

Here's the scene from Omaha. Here's video of the team celebrating. And here's how fans dominated the party, while raising thousands for the food bank to boot. 

Louisiana could be required to draw new Congressional maps that include a second majority-Black district after an unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling tossed out similar maps in Alabama.

Here are the latest developments in the case, and why they may upend politics in our state. 


Of the people who were killed in Louisian prisons and jails, one in four had not yet had their day in court, a new Tulane study has found. 

In addition to violent deaths, many people who passed away from suicide, health problems or other causes were waiting for their trial at the time.

Here's what the study says about Louisiana's justice system, and why some think the numbers should be a wakeup call. 

New majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana closer to reality; see why

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday brought Louisiana one step closer to having a second majority-Black congressional district -- a move that would mark a dramatic reversal of fortunes for Democrats -- by refusing to take up a closely watched challenge to the state’s congressional districts. Read more

1 in 4 inmates killed in Louisiana jails hadn't been tried yet, study finds

Almost a quarter of inmates who died from violence behind bars in Louisiana over a six-year period were housed primarily in local jails and had not yet been convicted of the crimes of which they were… Read more

 
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