All news on the topic: Louisiana

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Fugitive lab owner extradited to US over alleged $547m Medicare cancer testing fraud
Khalid Satary’s laboratories allegedly used call centers, telemedicine doctors and kickbacks to turn medically unnecessary cancer tests into $547 million in Medicare claims. Court records indicate the program paid about $134 million.
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Fireball at Texas refinery sparks emergency response and regional lockdown
A Texan oil refinery has exploded, shaking residents’ homes as they are urged to find shelter.
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Louisiana man freed after 27 years as murder сonviction сollapses
After nearly three decades on death row, Louisiana inmate Jimmie Duncan is free on $150,000 bail after his conviction for murdering a child was overturned.
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Louisiana’s best pole vaulter burned to death in a crash with a biker
Two people, including a Louisiana State University women’s pole vaulter, died in a car crash on the school’s Baton Rouge campus Wednesday night, according to college officials.
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Louisiana mayor arrested in drug trafficking investigation
A drug trafficking investigation in Bogalusa, Louisiana, has led to the arrest of the city’s mayor, Tyrin Truong, and several other people, police said Tuesday.