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BATON ROUGE (AP) — With Louisiana having trouble getting lethal injection drugs, a lawmaker is proposing that the state bring back the electric chair.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In New Orleans, revelers ride fancy floats, wear elaborate costumes and toss trinkets and beads by the tons to eager — and often inebriated — crowds.

Emergency responders shut down the entry way to through traffic on Hwy. 3116, near La. Highway 13 south of Eunice.