Associated Press
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Ahead of Louisiana’s short crime-related legislative session next week, a state lawmaker filed a bill that proposes adding nitrogen gas and electrocution to the list of authorized execution methods.
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The public institution would become Wynbridge State University of Mississippi and still market itself as “The W,” if legislators approve the plan.
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LSU's baseball team will have a new look as it begins its quest to repeat as national champion. An SEC-record 13 players from last year's team were drafted. The Tigers are ranked as high as No. 2 in the preseason polls.
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Revelers in capes, wigs, spandex and feathers danced in front of St. Louis Cathedral at Jackson Square while Latin music blared.
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U.S. marshals took 23-year-old Chrystul Kizer, of Milwaukee, into custody on Monday. Online jail records show she's being held in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.
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The order gave the state a not-yet-specified “reasonable period of time" to draw up new districts. Dick’s filing noted that the state’s voting-age population is about 33% Black. But only 11 of 39 state Senate districts and 29 of 105 House districts are predominantly Black — less than a third in each case.
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Officials say the deployment of approximately 150 Louisiana National Guard members would likely begin in March.
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The SEC says it divided $741 million of total revenue among its members. That included $718 million distributed by the league office and $23 million retained by schools for travel and other bowl-related expenses. In the previous fiscal year, the SEC distributed $721.8 million of total revenue.
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Two climate scientists suggest Monday that the traditional five-category scale developed more than 50 years ago may not do enough to show the true power of the most potent storms. They propose a sixth category of storms with winds that exceed 192 miles per hour.
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Voters in some states will be casting ballots in new congressional districts this year as a result of court rulings.