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Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a former three-term U.S. senator, speaks at a campaign event in Akron, Ohio, on July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) **FILE**

3 GOP states go to U.S. Supreme Court to challenge 3 Democratic-led states’ abortion ‘shield’ laws

By Geoff Mulvihill and John Hanna - Associated Press

This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration taken shows Tropical Storm Edouard heading toward the Gulf Coast, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Edouard could reach hurricane strength as it approaches Texas and Louisiana

By Jamie Stengle - Associated Press

Activist Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a rally outside of the Baltimore hotel where the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are holding its Fall General Assembly meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Baltimore.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

ICE plans to deport right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Cookout cuisine: Survey reveals iconic grilled dishes from each state

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A bald eagle perched on a tree branch in a forest. File photo credit: Wirestock Creators via Shutterstock.

$20,000 reward offered for information leading to conviction in Louisiana bald eagle shooting

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during an event with SpaceX announcing a deal to build a new spaceport in his state, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Abbeville, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Elon Musk’s space company to build new rocket launching site in Louisiana

By Stephen Smith and Sudhin Thanawala - Associated Press

This undated photo shows Lillian Smart. (Love for Lillian Facebook via AP)

8-year-old Louisiana girl dies from a rare brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater

By Jack Brook - Associated Press

FILE - This 2005 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Vibrio vulnificus bacteria. (Janice Haney Carr/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP, File)

Health officials urge caution for Gulf Coast beachgoers during surge of deadly bacterial infections

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This electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in 2005. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP)

Flesh-eating bacteria kills 5 in Louisiana as cases outpace 10-year average

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

FILE - The Multiprogram Research Facility is seen at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 10, 2019, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

5 states offer to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy

By Matthew Daly and Jennifer McDermott - Associated Press

With skies darkening ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha, Latia Ancar practices her casting while she and a friend wait for the storm-driven tidal surge about 50 miles south of New Orleans on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, hoping it will bring more fish. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Tropical Storm Bertha moves toward Texas landfall after grazing Louisiana’s coast

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press

This NOAA satellite image taken at 11:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, shows Tropical Storm Bertha in the Gulf of Mexico moving toward the edge of Louisiana. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall on southern Louisiana with threatening winds

By John Seewer - Associated Press

U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., speaks to media during an election night watch party, May 16, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

Trump-backed Letlow faces Fleming in Louisiana GOP Senate runoff

By Thomas Beaumont and Jack Brook - Associated Press

Rapper Mystikal poses for a portrait in Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Rusty Costanza, File)

Rapper Mystikal sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Homeless people wake up in the early morning as Louisiana State Troopers pull up underneath the Pontchartrain Expressway in downtown New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) **FILE**

Louisiana passes anti-homeless bill that gives vagrants option of treatment or jail

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Louisiana Reps. Adrian Fisher, D-Dist 16, left, Chad Michael Boyer, R-Dist 46, and C. Travis Johnson, D-Dist 21, right, recite the pledge of allegiance prior to a house vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana enacts new congressional districts in a bid to give the GOP another seat

By Jack Brook and Marc Levy - Associated Press

State election staff get voting machines ready on Thursday, May 14, 2026 for Saturday's election in New Orleans. /The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Millions of people have been placed in new voting districts. Here’s where the redistricting stands

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks to supporters during an election night watch party Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump claims revenge over impeachment vote after Cassidy loses primary

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

This photo combination shows Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, in Washington, Sept. 17, 2025 and Julia Letlow in Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, Brett Duke, File)

Cassidy heads into Saturday primary without support from Trump, or from polls

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

South Carolina Democratic Rep. Keishan Scott looks at a proposed U.S. House district map during a redistricting hearing in a state House Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday, May, 12 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Louisiana senators taking up new U.S. House map; South Carolina plans for extra redistricting work

By David A. Lieb, Jack Brook and Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press