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Ninth jail escapee recaptured
Massey nabbed six weeks after breakout BY KASEY BUBNASH and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writers
Six weeks on the lam ended Friday afternoon for New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey, whose arrest in Hollygrove leaves only convicted double murderer Derrick Groves still free from the early morning jailbreak last month by 10 detainees. Acting on a tip, officers with the New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana State Police and federal agents with the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and U.S.
Marshals Service surrounded a rental home in the 9400 block of Stroelitz Street, officials said. By 3:30 p.m. Massey, 33, had surrendered peacefully. State Police said Friday that Massey would be taken to Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Authorities did not disclose whether anyone else was in the house, which was reportedly used as a short-term rental, or who else could potentially face accessory charges. An anonymous tipster notified Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson of Massey’s whereabouts
at 11 a.m., Hutson said at a news briefing. The sheriff, who has been under heavy political fire, suspending her reelection campaign over the escape and conditions inside the 9-year-old lockup, said she passed the information to detectives to spark the arrest. “Together we made this happen, and I’m grateful,” Hutson said. “When the community believes in and trusts their police departments and law enforcement agencies, they work cooperatively,” said NOPD Superintendent Anne
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Escaped inmate Antoine Massey is arrested at a home in the 9400 ä See ESCAPEE, page 4A block of Stroelitz Street in Hollygrove on Friday.
“People who live in rural communities tend to be older, poorer and sicker.” MIKE WHITTINGTON, CEO of Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite
Federal cuts could devastate rural hospitals in Louisiana
Court limits nationwide injunctions Fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
BY MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
a July 4 deadline in the Senate, with Medicaid provisions changing by the hour. Both the House and Senate reconciliation bills aim to cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid, mainly through work requirements, reduced provider
WASHINGTON — A united conservative majority of the Supreme Court ruled Friday that federal judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear whether President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship could soon take effect in parts of the country. The outcome represented a victory for Trump, who has complained about judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda. Nationwide, or universal, injunctions had emerged as an important check on the Republican presiINSIDE dent’s executive power and efforts to remake the ä High court government and a source rules for parents of mounting frustration in LGBTQ+ books to him and his allies. case. Page 3A But the court left open ä Justices the possibility that the birthright citizenship uphold Texas age changes could remain verification law for blocked nationwide. adult websites. Trump’s order would Page 3A deny citizenship to U.S.ä Decision born children of people who are in the country delayed on illegally or temporarily. Louisiana’s The cases now return congressional to lower courts, where districts. Page 7A judges will have to decide how to tailor their orders to comply with the high court ruling, which was written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Enforcement of the policy can’t take place for another 30 days, Barrett wrote. Even then it’s unclear whether the court’s decision could produce a patchwork of rules
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STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD
As possible budget cuts loom, rural health care facilities like Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite face growing uncertainty.
businesses: a local pharmacy, an ac- facing deep uncertainty. A massive Medicaid changes mean countant’s office and a combination federal tax and spending bill — dubbed chimney sweep, locksmith and nurs- the “Big Beautiful Bill” by the Trump deep uncertainty administration — is racing toward ery.
Inside, the 25-bed hospital offers the only emergency room and inpatient care for northern Tangipahoa Parish. Staff writer A block away, its rural health clinic Tucked behind a circular drive lined is the first stop for many low-income with crepe myrtles and oak trees, Hood residents seeking help for infections Memorial is a two-story brick hospital or chronic conditions before they spibuilt in 1971 that anchors a stretch of ral into emergencies. Amite lined with typical small-town Hospitals like Hood Memorial are
BY EMILY WOODRUFF
RFK Jr., Landry tout ‘MAHA bills’ BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Baton Rouge on Friday to join Gov. Jeff Landry as he signed two pieces of legislation aligned with Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement. Landry on Friday signed one bill aimed at reducing artificial additives and colors in food and another that makes ivermectin available over the counter. The governor also sent a formal
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request to the Trump administration asking for federal approval to ban the use of food stamps for soft drinks and candy in Louisiana. “We have a chronic disease epidemic in this country now, and it’s unlike anything that humanity has ever faced,” Kennedy told the crowd of supporters and news media gathered at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. “We are literally the sickest nation in the world,” Kennedy said. Landry said that the MAHA movement “celebrates our commitment to health and well-being”
and “promotes a cultural shift toward healthier living, better nutrition, a brighter future for our children and our families.” The U.S. health secretary and Louisiana governor made their remarks in front of a group of about 20 women and 20 children who donned green baseball caps that said “MAHA Louisiana” and stood in front of a banner emblazoned with the phrase “Make Louisiana Healthy.” Outside the building, a small group of protesters held up signs
STAFF PHOTO By JAVIER GALLEGOS
Gov. Jeff Landry introduces U.S. Department of Health and Human ä See MAHA, page 4A Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a bill signing on Thursday.
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