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Former Tulane employee sues university after police shooting

Amy Nankin and Gabby Abrams, News Editors • September 27, 2020

Tavion Aples, a former Tulane employee, is suing Tulane University and members of Tulane University Police Department for excessive force after they shot into a car with Aples and his child inside. According...

NOLA News in Brief

Lauren Duncan, Senior Staff Reporter • February 6, 2020

Here are a few recent, local news stories that should be on your radar. NOPD officers shoot gun-wielding man in French Quarter Four New Orleans Police Department officers shot and injured...

NOPD arrests suspect in Uptown shooting

Sanjali De Silva, Senior Staff Reporter • January 29, 2020

New Orleans Police Department has arrested a 21-year-old man believed to be responsible for the death of 20-year-old University of Louisiana at Lafayette student Lee Long Jr. Alec Billiot was booked...

Man shot, killed Friday morning near Burthe and Hillary Streets

Colin Threlkeld, Senior Staff Reporter • January 11, 2020

A man was shot around 2:00 a.m. Friday morning near the intersection of Burthe and Hillary Streets and later died at the scene, according to TUPD Chief Kirk Bouyelas. TUPD officers responded to gunshots...

[Updated 11/5/19] Former Tulane contract employee shot and injured

Colin Threlkeld, Senior Staff Reporter • September 10, 2019

[UPDATE: Nov. 5, 2019] The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office booked Aples around 11 a.m. this morning on charges of resisting a police officer with force, aggravated assault with a vehicle upon...

USG calls on Tulane to condemn religious intolerance after Tree of Life shooting

Sanjali De Silva, Senior Staff Reporter • November 19, 2018

On Oct. 27, 11 people died in a shooting that occurred at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Some members of the Tulane Undergraduate Student Government said they immediately knew they would need...

Tulane Hillel hosts Tree of Life vigil for victims of synagogue shooting

Sophie Brams, Associate News Editor • November 3, 2018

Students gathered on the Berger Family Lawn on Monday to remember the 11 lives lost during the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh last Saturday. Each student in attendance was encouraged...