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La. oil producers warn that increasing domestic production won't be an instant fix Play Video
March 8, 2022 11:32 PM
BATON ROUGE - Calls for a ban on Russian energy imports were replaced Tuesday with calls for increased energy independence as another spike in rapidly rising fuel costs is imminent. "We could probably get fairly close to being energy independent again on our continent," Mike Moncla, president of the... more » -
'It's not just some faraway country': former service member recounts time in Ukraine as invasion continues
February 24, 2022 10:47 PM
BATON ROUGE - Sounds of air raid sirens and gunfire mixed with harrowing images from Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine are troubling for anyone to watch. For Will Mari, who spent time in the eastern European country and got to know many residents, that feeling is amplified. "I was... 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 » -
Murdered woman's son, BR resident jailed in Iran
September 18, 2015 4:57 PM
BATON ROUGE - A day after an Iranian man was indicted for arranging the murder of his ex-wife, sources confirmed his son, who lives here as an American citizen and is not implicated in the crime, is jailed in Iran. Friends of Hamed Ghassemi, the son, said he left... more »