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. |