New Orleans to host inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On February 19, Yulman Stadium at Tulane University will host the first annual HBCU Legacy Bowl, presented by the Black College Football Hall of Fame. La. State Police used surveillance drones at George Floyd protests in New Orleans and Baton Rouge
By Nick Chrastil The Lens The Louisiana State Police deployed surveillance drones in New Orleans during June 2020 protests over police abuse spurred by the killing of George Floyd, documents obtained by ... Gretna police officers accused of civil rights violation previously arrested for battery
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Two of the Gretna officers named in a 2021 police brutality lawsuit were each arrested in December 2020 for alleged battery of a dating partner, court records ... The fight to legalize life-saving fentanyl test strips in Southern states
By McKenna Schueler Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Drug overdose deaths in the United States reached a record high during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, topping ... Why Medicare doesn’t pay for rapid at-home Covid tests
By Michelle Andrews Contributing Writer (khn.org) — What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will have an especially tough time ... La. budget: 10 big questions facing the governor and lawmakers
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — As expected, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana lawmakers were not on the same page Tuesday about how the state should spend billions of ...
Dr. Kirk Clayton, a track and field star, who tied the 100-yards record held by Jesse Owens, dies
By Ro Brown Contributing Writer He was a self-described “Louisiana boy who went west and did well.” Dr. Kirk Marshall Clayton, an educator and world-class track and field athlete passed away in California, ... Southern narrows search for its new president-chancellor to three finalists
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Southern University has narrowed the search for its next president and chancellor to three finalists. They will take part in a final round of interviews ... What patients can learn with confidence from one negative rapid test (hint: very little)
By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz Contributing Writers (khn.org) — Julie Ann Justo, an infectious disease clinical pharmacist for a South Carolina hospital system, hoped Christmas week would finally be the time ... Newly-elected president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority dies
(NNPA Newswire) — Cheryl Hickmon, president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the nation’s largest African-American sorority died on January 22 at the age of 60, following a recent illness. ...
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By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On February 19, Yulman Stadium at Tulane University will host the first annual HBCU Legacy Bowl, presented by the Black College Football Hall of Fame. La. State Police used surveillance drones at George Floyd protests in New Orleans and Baton Rouge
By Nick Chrastil The Lens The Louisiana State Police deployed surveillance drones in New Orleans during June 2020 protests over police abuse spurred by the killing of George Floyd, documents obtained by ... Gretna police officers accused of civil rights violation previously arrested for battery
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Two of the Gretna officers named in a 2021 police brutality lawsuit were each arrested in December 2020 for alleged battery of a dating partner, court records ... The fight to legalize life-saving fentanyl test strips in Southern states
By McKenna Schueler Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Drug overdose deaths in the United States reached a record high during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, topping ... Why Medicare doesn’t pay for rapid at-home Covid tests
By Michelle Andrews Contributing Writer (khn.org) — What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will have an especially tough time ... La. budget: 10 big questions facing the governor and lawmakers
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — As expected, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana lawmakers were not on the same page Tuesday about how the state should spend billions of ...
By Ro Brown Contributing Writer He was a self-described “Louisiana boy who went west and did well.” Dr. Kirk Marshall Clayton, an educator and world-class track and field athlete passed away in California, ... Southern narrows search for its new president-chancellor to three finalists
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Southern University has narrowed the search for its next president and chancellor to three finalists. They will take part in a final round of interviews ... What patients can learn with confidence from one negative rapid test (hint: very little)
By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz Contributing Writers (khn.org) — Julie Ann Justo, an infectious disease clinical pharmacist for a South Carolina hospital system, hoped Christmas week would finally be the time ... Newly-elected president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority dies
(NNPA Newswire) — Cheryl Hickmon, president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the nation’s largest African-American sorority died on January 22 at the age of 60, following a recent illness. ...
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