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The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Louisiana kills Jessie Hoffman in state’s first nitrogen gas execution

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman argued that the method violated his religious freedoms

The Independent UK

Louisiana uses nitrogen gas for first time in death row execution

Killing of Jessie Hoffman Jr for 1996 rape and murder of Mary Elliott is state’s first execution in 15 years

The Guardian - US

A woman is charged with murder in the death of a Super Bowl reporter found in his hotel room

Authorities in Louisiana say a woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a television reporter on assignment to cover the Super Bowl in New Orleans

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‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time

The Guardian - US

Mahmoud Khalil feared the U.S. would immediately deport him after his arrest, new court filings show

Although one ICE official said Khalil had been transferred from a New Jersey facility due to bedbugs, Khalil said in his hours-long detention there, he heard no mention of bedbugs

The Independent UK

Louisiana woman arrested after cops discover 22 dead cats in her home including 14 stuffed inside a freezer

When officers stepped inside the home, they were met with an “unbearable odor”, Morgan City police said

The Independent UK

Detained Columbia University student disputes government's 'bedbugs' claim in court papers

A detained Columbia University student says the subject of bedbugs never arose after he was arrested and flown to a Louisiana detention center by authorities who now say bedbugs helped force the long journey that made him fear he was being immediately deported

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US To Execute Four Death Row Inmates This Week

A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana on Tuesday, the first of four executions scheduled this week in the United States.

International Business Times

Inside the race against time to halt Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years

The state plans to kill a prisoner with nitrogen gas. Critics say that amounts to torture

The Independent UK

Louisiana to use nitrogen execution method it bans for cats and dogs

State plans to carry out first judicial killing in 15 years on Tuesday using technique critics call inhumane

The Guardian - US

Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday

The Independent UK

Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers say

Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate be released from custody

The Guardian - US

Survivor who ignited US Catholic church’s reckoning with abuse killed in Louisiana

Scott Anthony Gastal, who at age 11 had testified in court in the 1980s that his priest had raped him, was beaten to death

The Guardian - US

US transfers immigrants out of Guantanamo Bay to Louisiana as court weighs legality

Authorities have removed U.S. immigrants from detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay as a federal court in Washington weighs a challenge by civil rights advocates to holding immigrants at the offshore military station

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Louisiana Death Row Inmate With Days to Live Who Pleaded For More 'Humane' Way to Die Gets His Wish

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Louisiana from using nitrogen gas to execute a death row inmate just days ahead of his scheduled execution.

The Independent UK

Hundreds rally for Mahmoud Khalil outside courthouse as lawyers condemn ‘unprecedented’ case against Columbia student

Trump administration’s threat to deport Columbia graduate for involvement in Gaza protests draws fears of a crackdown on dissent, Alex Woodward and Richard Hall report from federal court in Manhattan

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Judge extends ban on deportation of Mahmoud Khalil from the US

Columbia University student’s lawyers ask judge to order his return to New York from immigration detention in Louisiana.

International Business Times

Detained Pro-Palestinian Activist Denied Legal Calls, Lawyer Tells US Court

A leader of US student protests against Israel's war in Gaza slated for removal has been denied legal advice, a judge heard Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.

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The Independent UK

Louisiana woman pleads not guilty to a felony in historic abortion case

A Louisiana woman has pleaded not guilty to a felony after allegedly getting abortion pills from a New York doctor and giving them to her teenage daughter to terminate a pregnancy

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Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution halted by federal judge

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving forward with the execution of Jesse Hoffman Jr

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Federal judge halts Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal

A federal judge halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week

Sports Illustrated

Former Chiefs Safety Justin Reid Agrees to Three-Year Deal With Saints

Reid will return home to Louisiana in 2025.

Salon

Black voters' power hangs in the balance

Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms

The Guardian - US

America’s next killing spree: 10 days, five states, six death-row prisoners set to die

Desolate spectacle of executions ramps up as the landscape of states’ laws on capital punishment is as riven as the US itself

The Guardian - US

Two more arrested in fraternity hazing death of Louisiana student

Three people in custody after Southern University student Caleb Wilson was allegedly punched repeatedly in chest

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