Louisiana
Body-camera footage showed state trooper Jacob Brown strike Aaron Bowman 18 times with a flashlight.
Louisiana Republicans are relying on the Supreme Court’s rejection of affirmative action in their bid to dismantle the 1965 law.
The order follows the court's rejection earlier in June of a congressional redistricting map in Alabama.
Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards opposes the legislation, but has not said whether he would veto the bills.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Queer people in Louisiana are fighting for the simple right to exist and be recognized.
Republican lawmakers rejected legislation Wednesday that would add exceptions in cases of rape and incest to one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
New Iberia police said the deceased person was a woman who worked at the restaurant and called the case a "suspicious death."
David Doyle, 58, told police he saw "shadows outside his home" and went to get his gun before shooting the girl.
The proposed bill hopes to stop customer gouging by requiring oil companies to disclose information about pricing to state regulators.
Help began pouring into one of the country's poorest regions after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction in the Mississippi Delta.