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Louisiana to strengthen PE standards to promote physical activity
KEDM - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) has initiated a formal review of the state’s K–12 physical education standards, aiming to enhance physical fitness as a cornerstone of lifelong health and academic success. The...
House passes bill 'Making Michigan Schools Healthier'
The Center Square
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July 9, 2025
(The Center Square) – A bill has passed the Michigan House which would prohibit food distributors from providing schools foods with certain ingredients, including some food dyes and other additives. House Bill 4369 passed with broad Republican...
LSU’s Aneesah Morrow selected as Top Female Athlete in Louisiana
Crescent City Sports - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
(Photo: Jonathan Mailhes) Tiger Basketball Star Was Selected as Top Power Forward in the Nation NEW ORLEANS (July 9, 2025) – Aneesah Morrow, the star power forward for the LSU basketball team, has been selected as the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s James...
He caused a fatal crash while fleeing police in Baton Rouge. Here's how he fared in court.
The Advocate - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
A convicted killer with a serious criminal history accepted a plea deal nearly three years after he led Baton Rouge police on a high-speed chase with fatal consequences. Derian Jerome Bailey, 27, pleaded no contest to charges of negligent homicide...
Louisiana Medicaid quietly stops reimbursing patients for gender-related prescriptions
Louisiana Illuminator
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July 9, 2025
Transgender Louisianians will no longer receive Medicaid reimbursement for any gender-affirming care prescriptions if their provider uses certain gender-related diagnosis codes, according to multiple LGBTQ+ organizations. “Instead of making this...
Mark Gronowski is healthy, throwing again and traveling all over the place
The Gazette - Iowa
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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY - There he was in Dallas with some of his new teammates. There he was at the Lake of the Ozarks having fun with some more of his new...
Focus on first responders' mental health grows as Texas flood deaths increase
NBC 5 DFW - Texas
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July 9, 2025
Riding on horseback through brush and over numerous dead turkeys, Margo Mellon spent Tuesday scanning the flood-ravaged ground of Texas’s Hill Country for dead bodies. As she and her rescue mates trudged through the muddy terrain, state officials...
Louisiana’s Haunted Tales And Paranormal Secrets
News18
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July 9, 2025
Last Updated:July 09, 2025, 13:37 IST Louisiana’s haunted tales and paranormal secrets weave a chilling tapestry of voodoo legends, ghostly plantations, and eerie bayou folklore that still haunts the present. Louisiana: Some of the most haunted...
Florida Tech Hires Three to Sports Medicine and Performance Staff
BVM Sports
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July 9, 2025
Florida Tech Athletics bolsters its Sports Medicine and Performance department by hiring three new staff members: Michael Weiss as Assistant Director of Sports Performance, Brittany Fredrick as Associate Athletic Trainer, and Danielle Bucknor as...
Federal timber executive order faces limited reach in Louisiana
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 9, 2025
(The Center Square) − President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March aimed at revitalizing America’s timber industry by increasing logging on federal lands, streamlining permitting, and reducing regulatory delays. But in Louisiana,...
Be ready to start the school year healthy and strong with a pediatrician wellness visit this summer
The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate - Louisiana
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Sponsored Content This article is brought to you by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.If things feel a little slower and quieter during the dog days of summer, it’s not your imagination. Between vacations, fewer organized activities and a...
Trump floats 50% tariff on copper, 200% on pharmaceuticals
FreightWaves
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump said he plans to implement a 50% tariff on copper imports, and is mulling a 200% levy on imported pharmaceutical products later this year. “Today, we’re doing copper,” Trump said during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday in...
Can You Travel Your Way to a Healthy Gut?
Vogue - New York
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July 9, 2025
“A wonderful time in my favorite city destroying my microbiome.” When I typed out that caption last October for my humbly sized social media following, I didn’t expect the Instagram post (the one in which I surrender to the gastrointestinal perils...
GOP megabill will mean higher health costs for many Americans
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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July 9, 2025
This article first appeared on KFF Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The tax and spending legislation President Donald Trump signed Friday, enacting much of his domestic agenda, cuts federal health spending by...
What's with the diagonal streets in Beauregard Town in Baton Rouge? Curious Louisiana answers.
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Ira Wray frequently drives downtown and can’t help but notice four diagonal streets that approach a two-block area of Government Street. “It looks like there would’ve had to be something important or interesting at the center many years ago, but...
Focus on First Responders’ Mental Health Grows in Texas Flood Recovery
Insurance Journal
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July 9, 2025
Riding on horseback through brush and over numerous dead turkeys, Margo Mellon spent Tuesday scanning the flood-ravaged ground of Texas’ Hill Country for dead bodies. As she and her rescue mates trudged through the muddy terrain, state officials...
Louisiana woman injured in Dallas County crash
The Herald-Whig - Illinois
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LOUISBURG, Mo. — A Louisiana woman was injured in a Tuesday afternoon crash north of Louisburg in Dallas County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a 2003 Ford Windstar driven by a 33-year-old Louisiana woman was heading south at 1:20 p.m. on...
No More Shoe Removal at Louisiana Airports?
96.5 KVKI - Lousiana
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July 9, 2025
I can't remember when I was so excited hearing a news story than I was when I heard the TSA announcement that they are no longer requiring passengers to remove their shoes when going through security at at the airport. dhs.gov dhs.gov Homeland...
Arrest made in 2022 deadly shooting in Baton Rouge, police say
WAFB 9 - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - An arrest has been made in connection with a 2022 deadly shooting in Baton Rouge, police said. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Demetris Parker, 23, is charged with second-degree murder, illegal use of a...
Man arrested in connection with 2022 fatal shooting in Baton Rouge, police report
The Advocate - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
A man wanted for his involvement in a 2022 fatal shooting at a Baton Rouge apartment complex was arrested Tuesday, police said. Demetris Parker, 23, was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of second-degree murder, illegal use of a...