17+ hour, 7+ min ago  (382+ words) Although prisoners face dangerously harsh conditions while working the "farm line" at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola " including laboring outdoors in extreme heat " a federal judge presiding over a long-running suit filed by prisoners forced to work in the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (197+ words) Police say eight children are dead in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana. SHREVEPORT, La. " A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in domestic-related shootings at different homes early Sunday, police in Shreveport said. The victims ranged in age from…...