Louisiana has triggered a national controversy with a new law mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms. The law signed by the state's GOP governor has been blasted by civil liberties groups, which argue it…
Children aren't born religious. They have to be taught. I was taught to be Jewish at home and at Beth Israel — The West Temple. "West" because it was on the West Side of Cleveland, where my family lived. I learned Hebrew, with the same…
Former President Donald Trump is praising Louisiana's mandate requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, calling it a step towards a "religious revival" in the U.S.
In his first six months in office, Gov. Jeff Landry has pushed a broad conservative agenda that is altering Louisiana's cultural landscape, from abortion rights to criminal justice to education.
On The Reidout (aka The Freakout), Joy Reid ripped into Louisiana for requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools. The "Christian nationalists" are upsetting the "freedom from religion" crowd and they're clueless about…
After crews found the 17-year-old, he was taken to UTMB, where he was pronounced dead. The beach patrol said that his death marked the fifth drowning on Galveston Island this year.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man arrested in the slaying of a Louisiana woman and abduction of her two daughters and subsequent death of one of them has waived extradition in federal court in Mississippi. The decision Friday cleared the way for…
A man arrested in the slaying of a Louisiana woman and abduction of her two daughters and subsequent death of one of them waived extradition Friday in federal court in Mississippi, clearing the way for his return to Louisiana to face trial.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday blamed a fellow Republican for not passing a law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against children to undergo surgical castration. The state’s Republican governor…