6-15-20
IN A LANDMARK SIX-TO-THREE RULING, THE SUPREME COURT HAS DECIDED THAT GAYS AND TRANSGENDERS ARE PROTECTED FROM EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION. TWO JUDGES CONSIDERED CONSERVATIVE, NEIL GORSUCH AND JOHN ROBERTS, JOINED THE LIBERAL JUSTICES IN DECIDED THAT TITLE SEVEN, WHICH PROTECTS WORKERS FROM EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER, ALSO APPLIES TO GAYS AND TRANSGENDERS. THE DECISION ONLY COVERS EMPLOYEES WHO CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN FIRED FOR THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN JOBS WITH NO OTHER CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYEMENT. THE COURT DID NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS WHETHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WILL RECEIVE AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULING.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING ON JEFFERSON STREET THAT LEFT FIVE PEOPLE WOUNDED. IT HAPPENED AROUND TWO A-M THIS MORNING. THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THE UPPER TORSO AND TWO IN THE LOWER TORSO. FOUR PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION, WHILE THE FIFTH PERSON REFUSED TREATMENT. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
ONE PERSON DIED AND ANOTHER WAS INJURED LAST NIGHT AFTER A SHOOTING IN NEW IBERIA. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT A LAKE CHARLES NIGHT CLUB. AFTER SPEAKING TO SEVERAL WITNESSES, THEY LEARNED THAT TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD NATHANIEL J. LEDE WAS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING. HE WAS FOUND DRIVING ON HIGHWAY FOURTEEN, PULLED OVER AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. LEDE, WHO FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY, HAS BEEN ON PROBATION SINCE AUGUST OF 2018.
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN LOUISIANA INCREASED. YESTERDAY THE TOTAL WENT UP BY FOURTEEN AND TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED TWELVE MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT. THERE ARE FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE STATE, RAISING THE TOTAL TO OVER FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, BUT JUST FIVE ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
ACADIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS FROM COVID NINETEEN. THE TOTAL REMAINS AT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX. THERE ARE NINETY-SEVEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES INCLUDING FIFTY-FOUR IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE TOTAL IS THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTEEN.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO DEATHS FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW. THE TOTAL REMAINS AT SEVENTY-FOUR. THERE WERE TWENTY-FOUR MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUDING SEVENTEEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT.
A TEN-YEAR-OLD RAYNE NATIVE HAS ORGANIZED A YOUTH RALLY PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, YOUTH ACTIVISM AND EMPOWERMENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN RAYNE THIS COMING SATURDAY. AMIYAH ROSE JONES-SETTLE SAYS SHE BELIEVES YOUNG PEOPLE MUST GET INVOLVED TO BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE. THE RALLY, TAKING PLACE SATURDAY FROM TEN-THIRTY TO TWELVE-THIRTY AT THE RAYNE FROG FESTIVAL PAVILION, INVOLVES DEMONSTRATIONS, SINGING, DANCING AND PRAYING. EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND ARE ASKED TO WEAR MASKS AND BRING SIGNS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES.
