The tanker Atlantic Asphalt struck the docked American Cruise Lines riverboat American Heritage on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans at about 12:30 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2026. The cruise ship, carrying roughly 129 passengers plus crew, listed and largely submerged. All aboard were accounted for, with about 32 passengers hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries and no fatalities reported. Officials cited a possible loss of steering; the Coast Guard and NTSB are investigating, and the river was temporarily closed.
Christa Pike, a 50-year-old Tennessee death row inmate, survived two lethal injections of pentobarbital on 30 September after the execution was botched, leaving her in critical condition. She regained consciousness, began speaking, and was later discharged from a Nashville hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said. The failed execution prompted the resignation of Tennessee's prisons chief, a judge's order to preserve evidence, and renewed scrutiny of the state's lethal injection protocols and prior warnings from Arizona's botched executions.
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The only event in this period is unrelated to Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry: a failed execution of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, followed by the prisons chief's resignation and Texas carrying out the first U.S. execution since the botched procedure using the same drug, with legal challenges denied.
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived a failed execution after two lethal injections, initially believed brain-dead but later regaining consciousness.
The state's prisons chief resigned following the incident.
Texas carried out the first U.S. execution since the botched procedure using the same drug, with legal challenges citing the failure denied.
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SpaceX announced plans to build a $100 billion spaceport called Starbase LA in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027, with the first Starship launches as early as 2029. The facility will include five launch complexes and is expected to create approximately 10,000 jobs.
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