NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana woman who was 16 when her boss coerced her to perform a sex act was aghast when a judge let the man walk free on probation — and she blames a prosecutor who she says misled her and the judge prior to the sentencing.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers in Louisiana's GOPcontrolled Senate said that they regretted their hasty passage of the state's $45 billion budget — namely their decision to reduce a proposed funding increase for the state Department of Health by $100 million — and called on Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to clean up the mess.
MONROE (AP) — A former financial executive at a Louisiana hospital has been sentenced to two years in prison on federal wire fraud charges, prosecutors said Wednesday.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as the region prepared itself for an unusually early storm and the torrential rains that are forecast.
LAKE ARTHUR – In an effort to create public awareness and educate residents, town officials are getting specific about what can be flushed through the town’s sewerage system.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability benefits because they were exposed to radiation while responding to a Cold War-era hydrogen bomb accident in Spain.