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Cory CroweWehiwa Aloy's big hits, Zach Root's strong start help Arkansas oust UCLA from the CWS with a 7-3 winThe Razorbacks eliminated the Bruins from the College World Series with a 7-3 victory. Arkansas will play SEC rival LSU on Wednesday night and would have to beat the Tigers twice in two days to advance to the best-of-three CWS finals. -
Ted Shaffrey/APAttorneys for the Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil have asked a federal judge to immediately release him on bail, or else transfer him to New Jersey, where he can be closer to his wife and newborn son. The filing comes days after a federal judge ruled that the government can continue to detain the legal U.S. resident based on allegations that he lied on his green card application. Khalil disputes the accusations that he wasn't forthcoming on the application. The judge previously determined that Khalil couldn’t continue being held based on the U.S. secretary of state’s determination that he could harm American foreign policy.
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New Orleans jail escapee releases videos, prompting search of home where they were made, source saysA man who identifies himself as New Orleans jail escapee has released videos on social media while still on the run from authorities. A senior law enforcement official says authorities were so convinced the videos were authentic that they searched a home late Monday where they believe escapee Antoine Massey recorded them. -
The number of people in ICE detention has grown, and detention facilities are over capacity. So the government is intensifying its hunt for more space, and local police are playing a bigger role. -
Little Rock was bidding to become the first team with a losing record to reach a super regional. Now LSU will host unseeded West Virginia, winner of the Clemson Regional, next weekend -
As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms. Experts are alarmed over the large-scale staff reductions, travel and training restrictions and grant cut-offs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. -
LSU Shreveport is the first college baseball team on record to go unbeaten. The Pilots finished 59-0 when they won the NAIA championship in Lewiston, Idaho, on Friday with a 13-7 victory over Southeastern of Florida. The Pilots have appeared in the NAIA national tournament every year since 2005 and the NAIA World Series in 2021, 2022 and 2025. They’re 270-49 in six seasons under coach Brad Neffendorf. NCAA Division III Trinity of Connecticut held the previous record for winning percentage when it went 45-1 in 2008 for a .978 clip. -
New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century. On Saturday, a multifaith memorial service and jazz funeral honored their final resting place at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial. The people had passed away between 1871 and 1872 at a hospital in New Orleans, researchers say. -
Davis will share insights into the creation of his recently completed mural at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo. -
The winner of the Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off will represent our state at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off (GASCO) in New Orleans on Saturday, August 2, at the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center. GASCO is held in conjunction with the Louisiana Restaurant Association Expo and features chefs from around the country competing for the title of “King or Queen of American Seafood.” -
The Southeastern Conference is ratcheting up penalties on schools whose fans storm the field or rush the court, doing away with an escalating fine system and now charging $500,000 per incident. The conference also has the authority to wave the fine if the visiting team and officials are allowed to get to the locker room before fans descend onto the field or court. -
Petrova is being held in the Ouachita Correctional Center on charges related smuggling frog embryos into the United States.
