Police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden pushes effort to combat rising tide of violent crime

By Colleen Long, Jonathan Lemire And Michael Balsamo Jun. 22, 2021 04:30 PM EDT

LSU urges state to require COVID-19 vaccines at its schools

Jun. 19, 2021 06:19 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU's governing board is urging the state Department of Health to add COVID-19 shots to a list of required vaccinations for college...

Louisiana: statewide Shot for a Shot vaccine campaign

May. 27, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A statewide “Shot for a Shot” campaign offering free drinks for people who get vaccinated against COVID-19 will begin in June,...

FILE - In this April 13, 2021, file photo, Ochsner Health registered nurse Thomas Vangteensburg administers a COVID-19 vaccine to hospitality worker Rosalie Barbish at Tableau restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Louisiana is making a full-court press to get shots in arms, with sometimes creative outreach to make it as easy as possible to get vaccinated. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)
Amid hesitancy, Louisiana gets creative in vaccine outreach

By Melinda Deslatte Apr. 16, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

An employee with the LA Dept. of Health fills a J&J shot during a drive-through shot give-away with the help of the Louisiana National Guard at the St. Tammany Parish Fair Grounds in Covington, La., Friday, April 9, 2021. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)
Louisiana pauses use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

By Melinda Deslatte Apr. 13, 2021 12:35 PM EDT

A worker readies syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday, March 29, 2021, at "Vaccine Fest," a 24-hour COVID-19 mass vaccination event in Metairie, La., just outside New Orleans, hosted by Ochsner Health System and the Jefferson Parish Government. Every adult in Louisiana over the age of 16 is now eligible to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as the state's expanded eligibility went into effect Monday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
FEMA opening mass vaccination site in Louisiana capital city

Apr. 09, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Julia Letlow, widow of Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, speaks to reporters in Baton Rouge, La., after signing up to run for the 5th District seat. Three months after Louisiana voters determined the state's congressional lineup, the presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic are forcing a new round of elections Saturday for two of those U.S. House seats. Julia Letlow is the front-runner among 12 candidates in the race, with the backing of Donald Trump and the state GOP in a deep red district and more money raised than all her competitors combined. (AP Photo/Brett Duke, File)
Louisiana holds special election Saturday for US House seats

By Melinda Deslatte Mar. 19, 2021 01:07 AM EDT

The sunsets as people arrive to vote at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Ironton, Louisiana for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Chris Granger/The Advocate via AP)
Elections again? Voting opens in Louisiana's US House races

By Melinda Deslatte Mar. 05, 2021 09:48 AM EST

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by OLOL clinical supervisor Lori Koonce at the C.B. Pennington, Jr. Building & Conference Center, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, on the campus of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)
Louisiana governor keeps COVID rules in place, gets vaccine

By Melinda Deslatte Feb. 09, 2021 01:08 AM EST

Publisher and community activist Gary Chambers Jr., D-Baton Rouge, speaks about his campaign for the 2nd Congressional District seat after signing up for the race on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. The seat is vacant because former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond resigned to work for the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Louisiana congressional candidate registration period ends

By Melinda Deslatte Jan. 22, 2021 07:03 PM EST

State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, speaks about her campaign for the 2nd Congressional District seat after signing up for the race on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. The seat is vacant because former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond resigned to work for the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Candidate qualifying begins in Louisiana congressional races

By Melinda Deslatte Jan. 20, 2021 12:19 PM EST

This undated photo provided by hospital ICU nurse Stormy Tatom shows her in Beaumont, Texas, after taking care of COVID-19 patients in an N95 mask for 12 hours. Tatom said she decided against getting vaccinated for now “because of the unknown long-term side effects.” (Stormy Tatom via AP)
Vaccine rollout hits snag as health workers balk at shots

By Bernard Condon, Matt Sedensky And Carla K. Johnson Jan. 08, 2021 10:33 AM EST

Nurse Meshoca Williams measures out a doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for inoculation at Ochsner Hospital on O'Neal Lane, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
Louisiana hospitals expand who's getting their vaccine doses

By Melinda Deslatte Jan. 05, 2021 02:33 PM EST

Police: 3 arrested in attack on worker enforcing virus rules

Aug. 14, 2020 10:31 AM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities have arrested three women accused of assaulting a teenage restaurant hostess because they were upset they couldn...

Trial delayed for man accused of killing wife in Louisiana

Jul. 14, 2020 01:55 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The trial for a man accused of killing his wife in Louisiana nearly a decade ago has been delayed amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Daniel Pearl, right, a supporter of President Donald Trump, questions protesters as he waits to enter a safety barricade for Trump's campaign rally Saturday, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oka. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
Tulsa arena hosts thousands for Trump rally amid virus fears

By Sean Murphy And Claudia Lauer Jun. 20, 2020 12:09 PM EDT

Protesters rally in solidarity with those in Minnesota over the killing of George Floyd by police, in Lafayette, La. Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)
Louisiana governor praises state's peaceful Floyd protests

By Melinda Deslatte Jun. 03, 2020 05:43 PM EDT

Tony Spell, pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church, walks to his church bus as he leaves East Baton Rouge Parish jail after posting bond in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Louisiana authorities arrested the pastor on an assault charge on Tuesday after he admitted that he drove his church bus toward a man who has been protesting his decision to hold mass gatherings in defiance of public health orders during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Louisiana minister sues, claims COVID-19 threats, harassment

May. 09, 2020 03:48 PM EDT

Trial date pushed in Alton Sterling wrongful death lawsuit

May. 05, 2020 01:19 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A new trial date has been set in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a black man killed by a white police officer in...

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Latest: UN to decide in month whether to delay meeting

By The Associated Press Apr. 03, 2020 01:45 AM EDT