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Stephan Bisaha/Gulf States NewsroomThe bulk of sales for many independent grocers come from SNAP. Cuts to the program could leave some making hard decisions about their future. -
Federal Bureau of InvestigationA convicted killer with a history of violence remains at large more than two months after he and nine others escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center. -
Louisiana could join a Florida-led push to limit the power of existing higher education accreditors. -
Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublicaDespite being caught in a 2021 video ripping out Shantel Arnold’s hair, sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to report the incident. A new law authored by Arnold’s attorney will mandate excessive-force reporting for all law enforcement agencies.
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Peter Parks/AFPChristina Chapman was sentenced to prison this week for her role in a scheme that the DOJ said used stolen American identities in order to help illegally employ North Koreans in U.S. companies.
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ICE says its employees have good reasons to hide their faces from protesters who want to dox them online, but Democrats say masked federal agents evokes "secret police," and the practice should be banned.
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