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• Wednesday PM Forecast: Chilly air hangs on as Halloween approaches Play Video

  October 29, 2025 4:43 PM

  The cooler weather has arrived and is here to stay through Halloween. Don’t expect above-average warmth to return anytime soon. Tonight & Tomorrow: A lingering breeze and incoming low clouds will slow the overnight cooldown, but not enough to stop a morning chill from settling in. Overnight lows will... more »

• Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti, causes widespread damage in Jamaica and Cuba Play Video

  October 29, 2025 11:47 AM

  SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials say. Jean Bertrand Subrème, mayor of the southern Haitian coastal town of Petit-Goâve, told The... more »

• Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category 5 storm Play Video

  October 28, 2025 11:55 AM

  KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. The streets in the capital, Kingston, remained largely empty as Melissa approached with... more »

• Monday PM Forecast: Gearing up for a breezy fall chill Play Video

  October 27, 2025 4:44 PM

  The first true fall front of the season is expected to move through by midweek. A breezy northwest wind behind it will usher in a significantly cooler air mass — just in time for Halloween. Tonight & Tomorrow: Mostly clear skies will continue overnight, with comfortably cool lows in... more »

• Sunday PM Forecast: Fall's first big chill arriving soon Play Video

  October 26, 2025 5:26 PM

  The weather will turn quieter as the new workweek begins. But the next storm system will arrive in a few days, and with good news for those waiting for a plunge into fall. Tonight & Tomorrow: Mostly clear skies will generally prevail overnight. Thanks to a little nudge of... more »

• Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday Play Video

  June 5, 2025 12:56 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The ban takes effect Monday at 12:01 a.m., a cushion that... more »

• US transfers immigrants out of Guantanamo Bay to Louisiana as court weighs legality

  March 14, 2025 5:46 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities have removed immigrants from detention facilities at the Guantanamo Bay naval base as a federal court in Washington weighs a challenge by civil rights advocates to holding immigrants at the offshore military station. A spokesperson for the U.S. Southern Command on Thursday said that... more »

• EBR District Attorney to observe court hearing for 9/11 mastermind

  May 11, 2017 6:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE- East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore is one of five people selected from across the nation to attend a military hearing for the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on America. Moore said he just found about it two weeks ago and leaves tomorrow afternoon.... more »

• Cuba could be powerful trade ally for Bayou State

  July 26, 2016 3:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. just returned from a visit to the island nation of Cuba where he led a delegation to promote agricultural trade, economic development and tourism. “We accomplished a great deal during our short visit to Cuba,... more »

• Rice farmers hope Cuban trade could spur local boost Play Video

  June 29, 2016 7:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Rice is a big part of Louisiana’s culture, and the state grows more than almost every other state in the country. Now, state leaders are hoping to expand the industry even more, by trading with Cuba. Just west of Baton Rouge, rice farms are working... more »

• LSU's Les Miles in Cuba for today's historic baseball game

  March 22, 2016 12:02 PM

  HAVANA, Cuba - Les Miles is in Cuba, the football team tweeted Tuesday morning. The secret is out. @LSUcoachMiles is in Cuba this week. Could he be down there auditioning to become the World's Most Interesting Man? — LSU Football (@LSUfootball) March 22, 2016 Miles, LSU's... more »

• Promoting economic development for La., group seeks to end Cuban embargo

  February 25, 2016 2:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A grassroots effort to lift the trade embargo with Cuba took off in Louisiana Thursday. Engage Cuba revealed it has established a Louisiana coalition. More than 30 business and government leaders are part of the group, including Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain... more »

• DOT launches process to award new flights between U.S. and Cuba

  February 16, 2016 11:19 AM

  HAVANA - The U.S. Department of Transportation signed an arrangement Tuesday morning that provides for the re-establishment of scheduled air services between the United States and Cuba. Following the signing, the DOT invited U.S. air carriers to apply for an allocation to provide scheduled passenger and cargo flights between... more »