with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorWelcome back! A few must-reads to kick off your day …
'It's horrible, unethical'A WWII veteran's widow was trying to honor his wishes by donating his remains to science. But his body wound up getting dissected before a paying audience in a hotel ballroom as part of an event that billed itself an "Oddities and Curiosities Expo." Lea Skene has the story.
Tax break soughtOne of Louisiana's biggest emitters of carbon dioxide is looking for a $7 million tax break from local governments in Ascension Parish, as Ellyn Couvillion reports.
COVID vax OK'd for kidsKids under 12 can get vaccinated against COVID, state health officials said Wednesday. In this story, Emily Woodruff and Paul Cobler tell us what we need to know now that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has LDH's blessing.
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