A new report by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation zeros in the school days of young men, aged 18 to 29, who were convicted of ...

The latest installment of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Opportunity Data Project explores the root causes of violent ...

Automatic expulsion for guns — not to mention criminal charges — is meant to serve as deterrent, but it has not stopped the ...

A federal judge blocked Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, citing concerns over cruel and unusual punishment. The ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Wade Taylor IV scored 17 points to become Texas A&M's all-time scoring leader as the 22nd-ranked ...

They call it "Cancer Alley." It's an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The ...

Lucifer himself could conceive of few more evil ways to execute someone than nitrogen hypoxia,' one spiritual leader for condemned inmates told Newsweek.

All over south Louisiana, and indeed across the country, people honor their dead. At historical sites, battlefields, military cemeteries and other hallowed grounds, Americans pay respects to those who ...

The Justice Department is celebrating its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community.

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