An 18-year-old student in Louisiana is facing a felony charge and up to 10 years in prison for an alleged TikTok challenge, resulting in the assault of a disabled teacher.St. Tammany Parish District Attorney Warren Montgomery announced Tuesday that Larrianna Jackson, of Covington, Louisiana, was charged with felony second-degree battery and cruelty to the infirmed. Jackson was arrested on Oct. 6 by the Covington Police Department for felony battery of a school teacher. Police said she assaulted a 64-year-old teacher who is disabled after the dismissal bell rang.Due to injuries sustained by the attack, the teacher had to seek medical attention at an area hospital, according to police.Officers on the scene were provided a video that captured the entire incident.In the video, police say you can see the schoolteacher sitting at her desk where she appears to be talking to Larrianna Jackson.After a moment, police say Jackson punches the teacher, causing the teacher to fall to the ground. As the teacher fell to the ground, Jackson continues to violently closed-fist punch the teacher. The video then turns off at this point.Officers said they learned that the attack may have been prompted by a viral social media application known as TikTok.Evidently, users on the app have deemed it to be a challenge to damage school property and attack teachers, according to police."The Covington Police Department would like to remind everyone that anyone who participates in such a challenge will be booked accordingly. In this post we also attached the video that has been circulating around the internet. This matter is still under investigation and more arrests are forthcoming," a statement issued by Covington Police said.TikTok released the a statement regarding the challenge circulating on its app."The rumored 'slap a teacher' dare is an insult to educators everywhere. And while this is not a trend on TikTok, if at any point it shows up, content will be removed," according to a statement posted on Twitter. Jackson faces up to 10 years and will be arraigned by 22nd Judicial District Court Judge Richard A. Swartz on Dec. 8 at 9 a.m., according to Montgomery.

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Residents at an apartment building in New Orleans say they were abandoned after Hurricane Ida knocked out electricity, and the property manager offered little to no assistance to the 40 or so low-income residents. Many are elderly and have acute health conditions that were exacerbated by the oppressive heat after the storm. Electricity was restored Thursday, but people who suffered through the heat are demanding answers."We went through a lot of pain and suffering, couldn't sleep, never got sleep or nothing, man," said Tyrone Webber, a resident at Boyd Manor.Residents depended on local community volunteers who brought them food, water and ice. Some of the volunteers had been inside the building's apartments and shared videos that showed water on the floor and leaks around window sills. The volunteers made patchwork repairs, but residents say they have not heard from the property manager about long-term solutions. "The landlord didn't come here, not one day. We was without lights and everything for 10 days, and she's going to come here today talking about she want rent," resident Yolanda Lewis said.National Baptist Housing and Economic Development own the property. Its chairman, who is also a local pastor, said he had evacuated from New Orleans for the hurricane and had not been to the residence since the storm. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development financed the property and pays 70% of the rent for tenants, who must qualify as low-income. This means residents did not have the means to evacuate on their own.However, a representative for the company that manages the building told sister station WDSU that the residents were given information to arrange their evacuation through the city's 311 service. Only one resident chose that option. The on-site manager has been to the building every day since Hurricane Ida and brought residents food and water, the representative said. Residents dispute that claim, saying volunteers and a council member have been their only sources of aid. One resident said the manager "snuck in through the backdoor." A community member said conditions were substandard before the hurricane. He, too, said property management has been absent in the storm's aftermath.Personnel is expected to be sent to complete an assessment of building damage. That process was hindered by the lack of electricity. There was no timeline given for when repairs would be made, but contractors are reportedly expected to be hired if the damages are extensive.Residents should not be expected to pay their portion of the rent in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, a representative for the company said, adding that she was not aware that the onsite property manager had pressed tenants for payments. She also said she was not aware of residents' claims that problems such as mold, mildew and leaks were present before the storm.

Alexis Lavarine is a tremendous basketball player. In fact, she recently signed a full scholarship to attend Louisiana College this fall. "I'm really excited to start a new chapter," Lavarine said. The high school student is truly turning the page because basketball wasn’t her first love. Boxing was. "I've always wanted to be in the Olympics," Lavarine said.After winning six national championships and three world titles in her age division, she was invited to move to Colorado to work with Team USA boxing. While men's boxing has been an Olympic medal sport since 1904, women's boxing is one of the newer events — it became a medal sport at the London games in 2012."I just feel like it's an honor to wear these three letters on my jersey," Lavarine said.Once a strong candidate to represent her country and go for gold at the Tokyo games, Lavarine has been knocked out of Olympic consideration due to a rule change. Professional — not just amateur — boxers can now compete in the Olympics, resulting in the minimum age of fighters being raised from 17 to 19 – so Lavarine isn't old enough for the games this summer. "I just remember like feeling devastated…that all my hard work, it was just like, being taken away from me," she said.That news, coupled with the pandemic, resulted in the last 12 months being hard for Lavarine. "I kind of struggled with that, but I used basketball to kind of pick me up and I started doing basketball full time and boxing part-time," she said.So now it's left-handed layups, instead of left-handed hooks — but Lavarine says a return to the boxing ring is possible. "You never know what the future holds," she said. "I feel like I should keep training and maybe I'll go pro after college. I'll still be young when I graduate so that's still an option for me."