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1 week ago | kadn.com | Colin Vedros

JENA, La. (KALB) — Concerned citizens gathered in Jena at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center located at the LaSalle Detention Facility on Tuesday, April 15, in support of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil was arrested by Homeland Security agents and has been in federal custody since March 8. Recently, a federal immigration judge in Jena allowed the Trump administration to move forward with its effort to deport him.

1 week ago | kadn.com | Wesley Muller |Pam Radtke Russell

BATON ROUGE, La. -- In a surprise agenda change for Wednesday’s meeting, the Louisiana Public Service Commission will consider terminating a statewide energy efficiency program it just recently hired a contractor to run after spending 14 years to create it. Commissioner Mike Francis, R-Crowley, added the agenda item Monday, two days before the LPSC meets at the Cypress Bend Resort in Many.

1 week ago | kadn.com | Alex Marquardt |Jeremy Diamond

(CNN) — When discussions began over releasing Israeli hostages shortly after the October 7 attack by Hamas, the negotiators tasked to strike a deal were mostly intelligence and security professionals. But in February, Israel made an important change that those now involved say has had a profound slowing effect on the discussions to resurrect the broken ceasefire: The file was taken over by the prime minister’s closest political aide, Ron Dermer.

1 week ago | kadn.com | Hilary Whiteman

BRISBANE, Australia (CNN) — A major Australian IVF clinic has apologized for giving the wrong embryo to a woman who then gave birth to another couple’s baby, blaming the mix-up on “human error.”Monash IVF, which operates more than 100 clinics across Australia, said in a statement staff were “devastated” by the mistake, believed to be the first of its kind in the country. “On behalf of Monash IVF, I want to say how truly sorry I am for what has happened,” said CEO Michael Knaap in the statement.

2 weeks ago | kadn.com | Jonah Gilmore

Click here for updates on this storyNEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — As a result of tariffs, one industry in Louisiana said they're expecting to see a spike in sales. Shrimpers said President Donald Trump's new tariffs on shrimp-supplying countries are a good catch for their business. Fred Everhardt has spent decades of his life as a shrimper, experiencing every time his industry sinks. "It's coming at a very much-needed time for our industry, and hopefully, we can save our industry.