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(The Center Square) — An estimated 1.5 million people were displaced during Hurricane Katrina across Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, but most significantly from New Orleans.

Associated Press (AP) — A missing 12-year-old boy with autism, whose body was discovered in a New Orleans canal following a nearly two-weeklong search, died from 'blunt force due to an alligator' and drowning, police said Wednesday.

(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that race cannot be used in drawing election maps, a move that could upend how districts are drawn across the country.

(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump broadly attacked other nations' plans for a digital services tax, which he said were designed to harm U.S. companies while giving others a pass.

(The Center Square) — As the school year kicks off and the seasons change, the latest version of COVID-19 vaccines will soon be available – but not to everyone.

RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Investigators were examining the videos, writings and movements of the shooter who fired through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, killing two children and wounding 17 people, for connections to the church and its school to understand the motivation for the attack.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation's largest immigration detention complex, it didn't turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.

A local church is holding an event to help area residents connect with others and their faith.

Louisiana Small Business Development Center Consultant Dean Day provided valuable insights into improving small business websites during a complimentary small business class hosted by the Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce.