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Today on Louisiana Considered, we speak with former federal prosecutor Jared Fishman about his new book that digs into a murder investigation in New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina. We also learn why advocates are pushing for more protections of burial sites for the formerly enslaved, and we learn about problems with emergency warning systems in rural Mississippi.

This 1993 feature highlighted a new trend for female-focused westerns with the release of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and The Ballad of Little Jo, and asked whether women could muscle in on cowboys’ territory, or whether the western would forever remain a man's world

Wilmingtons World War II shipyard produced hundreds of ships for the war effort in the 1940s.

Police appeal to find drive-by shooting conspirator who has been recalled to prison Brogan Hooper, 27, was convicted of two counts of conspiring to murder for his part in the drive-by shooting in Newport in 2013 The incident happened on Somerton Road, Newport, in September 2013 (Image: Wales News Service) Want Newport news straight to your inbox? Sign up to our newsletter!Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you prov...

Crossroads of a plague The worst pandemic in a century has ravaged Newark and its Black community. It was a tragedy decades in the making. Updated on Dec 11, 2020; Published on Dec 10, 2020 Newark has suffered the most COVID-19 deaths and cases in New Jersey. Photo by Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media The haunting stare was frozen on his daughter’s face. Walter Andrews found her in the middle of the night, dazed and unseeing as she rocked back and forth on his living room floor. “Tasha! Ta...