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Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
Posted 12:12 PM 6/3/2023 by The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation's debt ceiling, averting an unprecedented default on the federal government's debt.
The White House announced the signing, done in private at the White House, in an (More)
Yesterday
Henderson man dies in motorcycle crash
Posted 9:50 PM 6/2/2023 by Jonathan Shelley
ST. MARTIN PARISH - A Henderson man died on Friday when the motorcycle he was riding veered into a guardrail.
St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux said the accident happened about 6:30 p.m. That's when deputies responded to a report of a motorcycle crash in the 1000 block of Henderson (More)
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Biden celebrates a crisis averted in Oval Office address on bipartisan debt ceiling deal
Daughter of LSU legend Billy Cannon sends dazzling gift to Kim Mulkey after championship win
Deputies seize more than 3,000 fentanyl pills after months-long investigation into huge drug operation
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6/1/2023
Nursing home with history of problems once again under microscope after resident dies
Posted 2:29 PM 6/2/2023 by Chris Nakamoto
NEW ROADS — A nursing home with a history of problems is once again at the center of controversy after a family alleges their loved one died due to the neglect she endured there.
Brad Guerin said he began documenting problem after problem at Pointe Coupee Healthcare, after visiting (More)
Yesterday
Tropical Storm Arlene forms on second day of hurricane season, poses no threat locally
Posted 3:14 PM 6/2/2023 by News
Tropical Storm Arlene formed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Friday, the second day of the 2023 hurricane season.
Hurricane hunters flew into the storm system Friday morning and reported back that a tropical depression had strengthened into a named storm with winds at 40 mph.
The (More)
6/1/2023
Teenager shot dead while trying to break up fight between woman's new boyfriend and an ex
Posted 9:59 AM 6/2/2023 by WBRZ Staff
BATON ROUGE - An 18-year-old was trying to stop a fight between two men when he was shot and killed in a triple shooting late Wednesday night.
Police said the shooting happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. near the corner of Prescott Road and Prescott Court. Lenni Douglas, 18, was (More)
Yesterday
LSU star Angel Reese featured in new music video with Cardi B
Posted 10:24 AM 6/2/2023 by Sarah Lawrence
"I've been ballin' so hard, could've went to LSU."
Musician Latto's new song, "Put It On Da Floor Again," features rapper Cardi B who referenced and featured LSU Basketball star Angel Reese in one of her verses.
The LSU women's basketball Twitter posted an edited headshot of (More)