Even as Ghali is on administrative leave as chancellor, he still has access to medical students, residents and other learners through clinical rotations and other hospital duties
Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were scheduled to face trial Aug. 23 on charges they aided and abetted both murder and manslaughter. The officers’ co-defendant, Derek Chauvin, has already been convicted of murder and manslaughter counts.
Two women are facing charges for allegedly selling fake Louisiana Motor Vehicle Inspection Stickers (MVI) and Louisiana Temporary License Plates via Facebook Marketplace.
The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters but will help clear the way for reopening workplaces, schools, and other venues.
Baton Rouge police are asking for help locating a man wanted for Domestic Abuse Battery-Strangulation, Unauthorized Entry of an Inhabited Dwelling and False Imprisonment.
McDonald’s, Sheetz and Chipotle are just some of the latest companies to follow Amazon, Walmart and Costco in boosting wages, in some cases to $15 an hour or higher.
Across America, illegal drag racing has exploded in popularity since the coronavirus pandemic began, with dangerous upticks reported from Georgia and New York to New Mexico and Oregon.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up spending and more businesses reopen.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has a warning for residents about a rise in phishing attacks, which is when scammers try to trick them into turning over their personal information.
Ransomware attacks have reached epidemic levels as foreign criminal gangs paralyze computer networks at state and local governments, police departments, hospitals and private companies.
Former Trump attorney and self-proclaimed “Kraken releaser” Sidney Powell has told prospective donors that her group, Defending the Republic, is a legal defense fund to protect the integrity of U.S. elections.
School districts across the country are weighing whether they can safely hold an event that many seniors consider a capstone to their high school careers.
A Georgia judge will continue hearing legal motions Thursday in the murder case of three men facing a fall trial in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the defendants’ neighborhood.
More and more locations around the Baton Rouge area are receiving doses of the coronavirus vaccine and we want people to know where they can receive them.
According to 3M, Spencer Silver was working in a company lab in 1968 when he discovered an adhesive formula that allowed notes to be easily attached to surfaces, removed and even re-posted elsewhere without leaving a residue.
The action on the so-called benefit-cost rule follows an executive order Biden signed on his first day in office, directing EPA to review all regulations and policies undertaken by the previous administration.
Biden administration coronavirus testing coordinator Carole Johnson said it’s part of a strategy to respond to immediate needs in the COVID-19 pandemic while investing to break the cycle of ‘boom and bust’ financing that traditionally has hampered the U.S. response to health emergencies.
Detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department say they have made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of a man whose home was broken into early Saturday morning.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards appeared before Congress Thursday, May 13 to discuss how any abrupt changes to federal offshore oil and gas policies will have a negative impact on the state’s economy.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture is awarding Southern University a $1,680,000 grant to establish the Center of Excellence for Nutrition, Health, Wellness, and Quality of Life to address diet related health disparities in African Americans.
Children ages 12 to 15-years-old in Louisiana are now eligible to receive the Pfizer-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine beginning Thursday, May 13, Gov. John Bel Edwards and officials with the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced Thursday, May 13.
Both Friday and Saturday will see a good deal of sunshine, with comfortably cool morning starts in the upper 50s, and pleasant afternoons in the low 80s.
The Salvation Army - Greater Baton Rouge will host its 7th annual Shield of Hope Gala virtually and the ceremony will feature the first Donna Britt Award in honor of the former WAFB anchor.
Every minute matters when someone is having a stroke. According to CDC, someone has a stroke in the United States every 40 seconds, and someone dies every four minutes.
The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) approved revisions to the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula to increase proposed teacher and support personnel pay raises but is it enough?
The daytime host, who has seen a ratings hit after allegations of running a toxic workplace, has decided that her upcoming season will be the last, ending in 2022. It coincides with the end of her contract.
A government advisory committee recommended Pfizer’s vaccine for children 12 and older on Wednesday, after the Food and Drug Administration expanded authorization of the shots to the age group earlier in the week.
House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber’s No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in fomenting the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
The House passed three bills Wednesday to limit access to abortion. Two of the bills would make it mandatory to report more information regarding abortions to LDH than is currently required.
Two bills dealing with the release of incarcerated individuals were heard in a House committee Wednesday, with one passing and the other being deferred in the face of opposition.
The Federal Communications Commission began taking applications Wednesday for the Emergency Broadband Benefit, a program to help American families and individuals struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LSU head men’s basketball coach Will Wade spoke exclusively with 9Sport less than 24 hours after landing a five-star, seven-footer who figures to take the Tigers to the next level.
The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) has directed Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley to meet with Gov. John Bel Edwards about the mask mandate for students.
No. 14 ranked and fifth seeded LSU Tigers are advancing to the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament with a 7-3 win over South Carolina.
A bill to make it mandatory for all five-year-olds in Louisiana to attend kindergarten had little trouble gaining approval by the full Senate on Wednesday, May 12.
The colliding lines of questioning, and a failure to settle on a universally agreed-upon set of facts, underscored the challenges Congress faces as it investigates what law enforcement officials have described as a deadly act of domestic terrorism carried out by Trump loyalists.
This first formal Oval Office meeting for the group — and for Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky — brought together those two deal-makers at a dramatically different political and economic time than in their past talks.
