By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
Many, many years from now, we’re going to look back at the 20th anniversary of the Domecoming and remember the excellent pre-game and halftime festivities that were interrupted by some godawful football.
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By Julie O’Donoghue
Most candidates running for Congress in Louisiana agree there should be some federal regulations placed on artificial intelligence. But at this point they are mostly offering generalities, without providing specifics about any limitations they would favor. Their remarks come amid mounting concerns about AI safety.
Martin Lemelle Jr. is the 11th president of Grambling State University. (GSU photo)
By Piper Hutchinson
Grambling State’s Martin Lemelle is Louisiana’s youngest university president at 41 — and one of the most ambitious. He was hired to lead North Louisiana’s only historically Black university two years ago and has set big goals for the university since then.
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By Cris Seda Chabrier | Verite News
Three transgender women who have been detained for months at a male-only Central Louisiana immigration detention center allege that they have faced abuse and transphobia at the hands of staff and other detainees. They allege that they have been assaulted by officers, forcibly detransitioned, verbally harassed and kept in solitary confinement.
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By Amanda Watford
For years, kratom has been sold across much of the United States as an herbal supplement, available in powders, capsules and extracts with few of the restrictions applied to controlled substances. But the market is changing. Products containing a potentially dangerous kratom derivative and other chemically modified compounds are prompting state lawmakers and federal regulators to reconsider how the substances should be regulated.
Louisiana will soon require health insurance to cover at-home visits for new moms and their babies. This week’s episode of our podcast features one of the people behind this huge change in preventative health care — and how soon it can be implemented.
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