Louisiana nursing home residents kept in warehouse during Hurricane Ida offered nearly a M settlement
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Louisiana nursing home residents kept in warehouse during Hurricane Ida offered nearly a $9M settlement

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elderly residents of seven Louisiana nursing homes who were sent in 2021 to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse are being offered shares of a nearly $9 million settlement after they sued. Retired state judge William “Rusty” Knight told The…

Francine gains strength and is expected to be a hurricane when it reaches US Gulf Coast
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Francine gains strength and is expected to be a hurricane when it reaches US Gulf Coast

ByNews Polite

Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and was expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana. A storm surge warning was in effect for an area stretching from just east of Houston to the mouth of the Mississippi River south of New…

Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 to become hurricane in Gulf of Mexico before striking Texas, Louisiana midweek
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Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 to become hurricane in Gulf of Mexico before striking Texas, Louisiana midweek

ByNews Polite

HOUSTON – The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now tracking Potential Tropical Cyclone Six in the Gulf of Mexico, as millions of people along parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to Louisiana are bracing for a potentially life-threatening hurricane strike this week. Potential Tropical Cyclone Six, which was…

New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick strikes two pedestrians with vehicle
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New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick strikes two pedestrians with vehicle

ByNews Polite

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick struck two pedestrians with her vehicle on Saturday night, injuring one of them, according to the police department. The incident happened around 7 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Decatur and Iberville streets, police said, according to Fox 8. Both a man and a woman were…

Louisiana nurse, NAACP Baton Rouge VP Y’Mine McClanahan kicked out of Stabs Prime Steak and Seafood over her ‘too revealing’ outfit
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Louisiana nurse, NAACP Baton Rouge VP Y’Mine McClanahan kicked out of Stabs Prime Steak and Seafood over her ‘too revealing’ outfit

ByNews Polite

A Louisiana nurse was kicked out of a ritzy steakhouse she regularly frequented because management claimed her outfit was “too revealing” and violated its dress code. Y’Mine McClanahan wore a two-piece outfit — a modest floral top and a separate lengthy skirt that reached her feet — when she arrived…

Louisiana Rep. Jeremy LaCombe switches from Democrat to Republican party
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Louisiana Rep. Jeremy LaCombe switches from Democrat to Republican party

ByNews Polite

Democrats were dealt another blow from within their own ranks this week as yet another state lawmaker declared he was leaving the party. According to a Monday report by The Advocate, a Louisiana-based newspaper, state Rep. Jeremy LaCombe announced he had left the Democratic Party and would be registering as a…