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January 30, 2023

John Newbery Medal for the year's best children's book awarded to Amina Luqman-Dawson's 'Freewater'

The John Newbery Medal for the year's best children's book has been awarded to "Freewater". The novel by Amina Luqman-Dawson is about a secret community of formerly enslaved people.

January 30, 2023

Madison Brooks' family 'blown away' by claims LSU student 'would not have complained' about alleged rape

The attorney for the grieving mother of LSU student Madison Brooks has said he's "blown away" by claims made by one of the suspect’s lawyers that she "would not have complained at all."

January 29, 2023

Videos from the night club scene in Tigerland in Baton Rouge, La.

Videos from the night club scene in Tigerland in Baton Rouge, La where LSU sophomore Madison Brooks was last seen before allegedly being raped and killed by a car.

January 28, 2023

Suspect in LSU student Madison Brooks' alleged rape charged in alleged 2020 sex assault

Kaivon Washington, 18, was charged with first-degree rape in an alleged 2020 assault. Washington is charged with third-degree rape in the recent Madison Brooks case.

January 28, 2023

As LSU reels from Madison Brooks alleged rape and death, crime torments college town

Tigerland is a party hotspot for LSU students, but students, parents and locals say it's become a dangerous area with no lighting, emergency call buttons or sidewalks

January 27, 2023

Newly surfaced video shows Madison Brooks minutes before her death

Two suspects are charged with third-degree rape and two others with being principals to third-degree rape for alleged crimes against LSU student Madison Brooks.

January 27, 2023

Madison Brooks case: Timeline of LSU student's alleged rape, death near Baton Rouge campus

Madison Brooks, a 19-year-old LSU student, died after she was struck by a car in East Baton Rouge Parish early on Jan. 15. She posthumously donated several organs.

January 26, 2023

Louisiana man sentenced to 45 years for 2020 attack on homosexual teen

A Louisiana man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a 2020 attack on a homosexual teenager. Authorities say the man was involved in a murder and kidnapping scheme targeting gay men.

January 26, 2023

Louisiana Jeffrey Dahmer copycat sentenced for Grindr dating app scheme to kidnap, murder men

Chance Seneca, 21, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Wednesday for plotting to kidnap and murder gay men through the dating app Grindr.

January 26, 2023

LSU president ripped for Madison Brooks 'victim blaming' after student's alleged rape, death

LSU students said the university president's response was "inexcusable" after Madison Brooks, a 19-year-old sophomore, was allegedly raped then fatally struck by a car.