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New Orleans events: DJ Soul Sister jam, Stereolab, Gianmarco Soresi and more Sept. 15-21
Gambit - Louisiana
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Looking for more to do this week? Check out the latest on Gambit's calendar at calendar.gambitweekly.com. Soul Sister’s Birthday Jam DJ Soul Sister, aka Melissa Weber, is celebrating her 50th birthday with a salute to the GAP Band, the 1970s and...
Louisiana girls fell behind in math during COVID. Can schools close the STEM gender gap?
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Teacher Lindsay Maxie, left, watches her 8th-grade students, from left to right, Kamryn Patterson, Charlotte Buccola, and Kourtnee Hart, work on a logic problem in an "Engineering Essentials" class at Harry M. Hurst Middle School in Destrehan on...
Louisiana scientists first detected gravitational waves from black holes 10 years ago. What's next?
The Advocate - Louisiana
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September 14, 2025
A signal lasting less than a second traveled about 1.3 billion light years before it reached an observatory deep in the piney woods of Livingston 10 years ago. The brief signal — caused by a pair of black holes colliding — was the first...
Science history: Gravitational waves detected, proving Einstein right — Sept. 14, 2015
LiveScience
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September 14, 2025
Quick facts Discovery: First gravitational waves detected Discovery date: Sept. 14, 2015 at 5:51 a.m. EDT (09:51 UTC) Where: Livingston, Louisiana and Hanford, Washington Who: Scientists with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration Ten years ago today,...
Noble Plastics Expands St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Production Operations
Area Development
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September 14, 2025
Related Research Noble Plastics, a company specializing in custom plastic injection molding, plans to expand its operation in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. The $8.5 million project is expected to create 29 jobs. The investment will include the...
Blakeview: The Louisiana Weekly, news outlet formed for Black New Orleanians, turns 100
Gambit - Louisiana
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This week we turn the spotlight on another local publication, celebrating the centennial of the Louisiana Weekly, which since 1925 has covered stories of interest to New Orleans’ Black community. The newspaper published its first issue on Sept....
Glass coasts, quote roasts, and a robot that makes dinner: the wild week in science and tech
The Express Tribune
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September 14, 2025
Meet R1: the shrimp-slinging rival of Tesla’s Optimus Forget Wall Street, Ant Group’s latest flex isn’t financial, it’s R1, a humanoid robot that made its debut by cooking shrimp, reportedly, at IFA 2025 tech show in Berlin. While Tesla’s Optimus...
Louisiana Prep Football Schedule for Week 3
Crescent City Sports - Louisiana
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September 14, 2025
Thursday, Sept. 18 Barbe at Northwest Beekman Charter at Lincoln Prep Cecilia at Northside Crescent City Christian at Springfield Glenbrook at Ringgold Grand Lake at Oakdale Grant at D’Arbonne Woods Haughton at Parkway H.L. Bourgeois at Central...
California tied with Louisiana for highest U.S. poverty rate in U.S., think tank reports
The Mercury News - California
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September 14, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom often boasts that California, if it were a country, would have the world’s fourth-largest economy. But despite its wealth, the state has also seen a sharp increase in poverty since the COVID-19 pandemic, and newly released data...
Mary Manhein's latest fiction evokes small-town Louisiana
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Mary Manhein is best known for founding LSU’s Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services Lab, which is famous for its forensic facial reconstructions that help identify human remains. Since retiring from LSU 10 years ago, Manhein has...
Ten years later, Eastern Washington scientist reflects on LIGO discovery that proved Einstein right
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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HANFORD – Ten years ago this weekend, a team of Eastern Washington astronomers changed the way scientists study the universe. Space research has always relied on optical telescopes, radio astronomy and space-borne detectors to look at distant...
Stem NOLA hosts Stem Fest Saturday in Algiers
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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September 13, 2025
AND TODAY KIDS FROM ACROSS OUR CITY COULD RECEIVE LESSONS IN HOW OUR CITY FIGHTS FLOODING. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT STEM. NOLA IS HOSTING ITS NEXT STEM SATURDAY. GIVING K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO DESIGN AND TEST THEIR OWN LEVEES. THE GOAL IS...
New Orleans jury acquits man in "good Samaritan" killing nearly 13 years after crime
Nola - Louisiana
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A New Orleans jury this week acquitted Kendall Harrison of murder in his second trial, more than a dozen years after authorities said DNA linked him to a carjacking that left a man dead. The case underscores how much can change when a prosecution...
New Orleans family featured in elderly abuse documentary
WGNO - Louisiana
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September 12, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A New Orleans family is the subject of a new documentary on elderly abuse. Letreian Johns spoke with WGNO Moving New Orleans Forward Anchor LBJ about how many families cope with this abuse. “Yes, believe it or not this type of...
Louisiana’s statewide high school football scores for Sept. 11-12
The Daily Advertiser - Louisiana
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This article lists the scores for Louisiana high school football games from the second week of the 2025 season. Games were played on Thursday, September 11, and Friday, September 12, with a few matchups scheduled for Saturday. Several high-scoring...
Sen. Bill Cassidy draws protest outside Baton Rouge office over stance on RFK Jr.
WWNO - Louisiana
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September 12, 2025
A small group of protestors gathered outside of where Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-LA) Baton Rouge office Friday to voice their concerns over his confirmation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The protestors held signs and...
New FOX 8 poll shows who’s leading the New Orleans mayoral race
FOX 8 - Louisiana
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September 12, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A new FOX 8 reveals that one New Orleans mayoral candidate is leading the pack with over 50% of votes. MORE: Duplessis, Moreno, Thomas target voters with TV ads as mayoral election nears This poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon...
Pentagon plan proposes 1,000 National Guard troops for Louisiana, report says
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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September 13, 2025
The Pentagon has drafted plans to send 1,000 National Guard troops to Louisiana, according to a report by The Washington Post. This comes just one week after President Donald Trump floated the idea of sending troops to New Orleans, specifically...
No active threat for Southern University in Baton Rouge; security increased
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
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September 12, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- The lockdown put in place for Southern University and A&M College after a potential campus safety threat was lifted Thursday afternoon. The university said all campus activities and classes were canceled...
Black professor condemns ‘right-wing attacks’ on slavery research
The Times
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When Tommy J Curry was first made a full professor at a university in the American south he had to secure police protection.The philosopher, a black man from Louisiana, found himself in the cross-hairs of his country’s far right, falsely accused...