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Storm Francine weakens to a tropical depression but threatens South with more flooding and tornadoes

Tornado warnings were issued for large parts of Florida and Alabama

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Francine weakens moving inland from Gulf Coast after hurricane winds cause blackouts

Francine has weakened to a tropical storm after slamming into Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane, causing widespread power outages and sending a dangerous storm surge rushing into coastal communities

The Independent UK

Louisiana Residents Brace For Hurricane Francine

Hurricane Francine was due to barrel into Louisiana Wednesday, forecasters said, warning of life-threatening flooding and storm surge as residents of the southern US state rushed to board up businesses and stockpile emergency supplies.

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Amid fears of storm surge and flooding, Hurricane Francine takes aim at Louisiana coast

Hurricane Francine is barreling toward Louisiana and an expected landfall in coming hours amid forecasts of a potentially deadly storm surge, destructive winds and widespread flooding

The Independent UK

Francine gains strength and is expected to be a hurricane when it reaches US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and is expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana

The Independent UK

Louisiana orders evacuations, urges preparedness as ‘expected’ hurricane Francine nears

Hurricane warnings have been issued for much of the Louisiana coastline with a forecast of heavy rain, strong winds and a severe storm surge, with landfall expected on Wednesday. The US National Hurricane Center on Monday said Tropical Storm Francine was “expected to become a hurricane soon”.

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GOP's new "voter suppression tactics"

Republicans' noncitizen voting "drumbeat" threatens to "disenfranchise eligible citizens" who tend to vote Democrat

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What to know about the controversy over a cancelled grain terminal in Louisiana's Cancer Alley

An industrial agricultural company abruptly cancelled an $800 million grain terminal in a historic Black town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley after facing stiff local opposition and permitting delays

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Louisiana Governor advises parents upset about Ten Commandments display in schools to ‘tell the child not to look’

Louisiana’s Governor suggested parents or students uncomfortable with the posters could just turn their eyes away

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Surgical castration, 'Don't Say Gay' and absentee regulations. New laws go into effect in Louisiana

A slew of legislation passed by Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature earlier this year went into effect Thursday

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Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools

Judge pushed enactment of law to display religious code until November in response to parents’ suit

The Guardian - US

A popular tour guide's death leads to more scrutiny of border issues

Kristie Thibodeaux’s gunfire death made news first because it happened in New Orleans’ famous French Quarter

The Independent UK

Louisiana now requires the 10 Commandments to be displayed in classrooms. It’s not the only terrifying state law

From banning buses to masks to talking about slavery, here are some of the whackiest and most terrifying state laws being pushed in recent years

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How will Louisiana's new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?

As a legal battle ensues over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of exactly how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain unclear

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What is Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law and why is it controversial?

Louisiana passed a law requiring all state-funded schools to display the biblical Ten Commandments, prompting lawsuits.

International Business Times

Louisiana Families Challenge Ten Commandments Law In Federal Court

The controversial law marks the first such requirement since the Supreme Court declared similar mandates unconstitutional over 40 years ago.

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Lawsuit Challenges Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments In Schools

Civil liberties groups challenge Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments display in public schools, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Parents and civil rights groups sue Louisiana to block ‘disturbing’ Ten Commandments law

Governor Jeff Landry said he couldn’t ‘wait to be sued’ – and now a First Amendment court battle begins

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Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom

Salon

Oliver rips GOP cancel culture hypocrisy

Conservatives "trying to ban any speech they don’t like" but "when it’s theirs, it can be mandated by law"

The Guardian - US

Making US public schools display the Ten Commandments isn’t harmless or neutral

I was 10 when the US supreme court ruled against school prayer. Now Louisiana and Texas want to turn back the clock

Salon

SCOTUS may uphold "unconstitutional" law

Supreme Court could use "blatantly unconstitutional" law to "further undermine the separation of church and state"

The Independent UK

Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for child molesters

Louisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against children to undergo surgical castration

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Accused adulterer Trump who paid to keep Stormy Daniels affair secret professes ‘love’ for the Ten Commandments

His post came after Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed legislation that requires the display of the Ten Commandments in every public classroom in the state

The Guardian - US

Elected officials in sweltering US states prioritizing fossil fuel cash over people

Governors of Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Nevada have all received money from oil and gas firms as residents suffer

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