Top Republicans push for COVID vaccinations
Many states are facing another surge of COVID-19 cases. David Begnaud spoke with a COVID-19 patient in a Louisiana hospital who says he won't vaccinate because there are too many issues with the vaccine.
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Many states are facing another surge of COVID-19 cases. David Begnaud spoke with a COVID-19 patient in a Louisiana hospital who says he won't vaccinate because there are too many issues with the vaccine.
The hospital's chief medical officer said if people don't get vaccinated, "we are going to accept death."
Federal prosecutors also met with his family last month, and made clear they plan to present the case to a grand jury by the summer's end.
From 1978, Morley Safer reports on the plight of migrant workers who toil in Louisiana’s sugar cane fields.
Parts of the southern U.S. are on high alert as deadly storm Claudette continues its destructive path. It is being blamed for more than a dozen deaths, including 10 children, nine in one crash. CBS News digital journalist Jessi Mitchell joins CBSN with the latest.
The storm is expended to gain strength and become a tropical storm again on Sunday night or Monday morning.
It joins 25 GOP-led states to end the $300-per-week federal enhanced unemployment benefits ahead of their September expiration.
Mona Hardin, whose son, Ronald Greene, died after being beaten by Louisiana law enforcement, says change will not come until justice is served against police violence.
"They were not professional. They did not conduct themselves as a law enforcement officer should," Governor John Bel Edwards said.
The officer falsely told internal investigators that Greene was still a threat to flee after he was shackled, according to new state police documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Newly released video of the violent arrest of Ronald Greene in 2019 is sparking outrage in Louisiana. Greene is heard pleading with troopers who stunned him, dragged him and left him handcuffed. Michael George has more.
Body camera footage of the violent arrest of Ronald Greene was released two years after his death. Janet Shamlian reports.
The Associated Press obtained body camera video of the moments leading up to Ronald Greene's death in 2019.
Several people have been killed in Louisiana as heavy rains drench the region. Janet Shamlian has the latest.
Hundreds of people in Louisiana had to be rescued from the rising water, and the worst may not be over.
Parts of Louisiana are under flash flood and tornado warnings are in effect as a dangerous storm system moves through.
President Biden is campaigning for his infrastructure and jobs plan in reliably-Republican Louisiana, as GOP lawmakers move forward with plans to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from caucus leadership. CBSN Washington reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Politico Playbook co-author Tara Palmeri join CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano to discuss the day's political news.
Mr. Biden spoke in Lake Charles, Louisiana, near the Calcasieu River Bridge before touring the Carrollton Water Plant in New Orleans.
President Biden spoke in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Thursday as part of his nationwide tour to promote his sweeping $2.3 trillion proposal. Watch his remarks.
Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee Tuesday narrowly refused to advance a proposal to prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls' sports teams in schools.
37-year-old Janet Irvin was arrested on charges of failing to report 15-year-old Quawan "Bobby" Charles missing and of contributing to juvenile delinquency. Quawan was found dead days after Irvin was seen picking him up from his home late last year.
Some states are seeing a decline in vaccinations against COVID-19. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins CBSN from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a new campaign called "Shots for Shots" hopes to entice more people to get vaccinated by setting up sites at bars.
Richmond gave up his seat to join the Biden administration as a senior adviser.
Nine crew members have yet to be found after the boat capsized Tuesday in rough seas in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
The number of storms projected to form during the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season is above the 30-year average.