Leah Clark

Jul 10, 2024 | texasobserver.org | Jim Morris |Leah Clark |Manuela Silva

Editor’s Note: This story, co-published here with permission, was produced by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. The announcement last month from Texas Governor Greg Abbott was easy to overlook.

Feb 21, 2024 | artfund.org | Leah Clark

This talk will draw on my recent book, Courtly Mediators: Transcultural Objects between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic World, which argues that the collecting culture of the Renaissance, rather than simply a humanistic enterprise associated with the European roots of the Renaissance, was also underscored by interactions with global material cultures from the Islamic world and beyond. Leah R.

Jun 26, 2023 | nola.com | Leah Clark

New Orleans police said Monday they are investigating two stabbings that happened in the last 24 hours. In the first incident, police were called at 8:39 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of I-10 Service Road and Crowder Boulevard, where they found a teen girl that had been stabbed in a vehicle before being pushed out as the driver fled, police said. Investigators did not name the suspect.

Jun 26, 2023 | nola.com | Leah Clark

Louisiana has banned the use of TikTok on state-owned equipment, after Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a law restricting the China-based social media app and other related apps amid concerns about cybersecurity in government agencies. House Bill 361, sponsored by Rep. Daryl Deshotel, R-Marksville, bans the use of the popular app on all state-owned devices and networks. Edwards signed the bill into law on June 13; it is now Act 308 of the 2023 legislative session.

Jun 22, 2023 | nola.com | Leah Clark

Ochsner Health announced on Thursday it has entered a 10-year partnership with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide local patients access to the same treatments and trials available at the renowned hospital. Ochsner joined what's known as the MD Anderson Cancer Network, and is the seventh partner health system in the U.S. The network began over a decade ago to connect hospitals and research institutions to the Texas cancer center's protocols and treatment plans.