Investigative reporter | Contributing writer at @RollingStone | ft. @IlluminatorLA, @LATimes, @GuardianUS, @ELLEmagazine | Signal lorenaoneil.64

New Orleans
Joined February 2009
I've been reporting on Luigi Mangione since his arrest following the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In March 2025 I published a deep dive profile on Mangione for @RollingStone: rollingstone.com/culture/cul…
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I wanted to understand the breadth of Louisiana’s campus sexual violence problem. After reading dozens of publicly available documents, reaching out to numerous higher ed officials and filing 15+ public records requests, I still have only a fraction of the information. Thread 🧵:
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What kind of fuck ass country has multi generational school shooting survivor families
Mom who survived school shooting coaches son through Oregon attack: 'Please be as quiet as possible' trib.al/0dxoVCa
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This detail has permanently embedded into my school shooting nightmares, along with a past story of cell phones ringing on the floor as parents tried to reach their dead children.
This, from the Oregonian, is possibly the most heartbreaking thing I've ever read.
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ICYMI: New records show data centers in Louisiana (all still under construction) have received $39 million in tax breaks from a new program established by the #lalege. That doesn't include property tax breaks from parish governments. Story: nola.com/news/entergy-meta-p…
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To be clear: Some facts are neither in dispute nor unclear. Our photographer was clearly marked as Press. She was clearly beaten. These are not partisan or risible statements, but indisputable. We urge a thorough investigation and accountability.
The Prime Minister’s Office: The facts surrounding the confrontation near Abu Falah, during which Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was allegedly assaulted, remain unclear and are under investigation. Israel unequivocally condemns violence against anyone—Jews, Arabs, Christians or journalists. Those responsible will be held accountable. But serious questions remain. Reports indicate some 200 Arabs and far-left activists confronted approximately 40 Israeli youths. Footage shows masked individuals on both sides hurling objects, amid reports of fireworks fired at Jewish youths. Other footage appears to show Levine knocked down and immediately helped to her feet by the same unidentified individual. The investigation must establish the facts, including who initiated the violence. We will not allow disputed incidents to be exploited to demonize the hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. The facts must determine the conclusions. Not the headlines.
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Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers trying to gather their autumn olive harvest. Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer for The Post, was also knocked her to the ground, kicked repeatedly and stripped of her camera and phone. wapo.st/4yY8dJw
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I think about this often.
goddammit, man. schools been getting shot up my whole life and we ain't done nothing as a nation to stop it. I feel like every time I read headlines like this, a part of my soul withers away. 💔💔💔💔
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Jesus. This new SDNY indictment charges a 19-year-old man with plying two college girls with fentanyl, then raping one of them who wound up dying. Currently unclear on which Manhattan college campus this happened.
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New: The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe wsj.com/politics/policy/ilha… via @McCormickJohn @MHackman @sgurman
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You know how on Bluesky there’s a setting where if you don’t add alt image description it doesn’t let you post? I’d like that on Twitter but for vague-posting. Please make context mandatory.
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Whoa. Fire from Judge Ana Reyes just now "I don't know how I could've made it clearer!" "What has happened has cost the government all of its credibility!" Judge says Team Trump needed to - but didn't -- alert court before toppling of 100s of trees at DC's East Potomac Park
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Elon immediately suspended this account that showed Nick Sortor’s recorded call to the mental health facility was AI generated and is preventing community notes on the Sortor post. It’s all hands on deck trying to make the fake Talarico story stick
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Luigi Mangione update: NY State has filed arguing that his murder case should not be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds, saying LM's federal guilty plea should not interfere with continuance of state case.
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I'm on deadline for another story so not going into more detailed analysis at the moment but this was expected. Carro to rule on this in December, prior to LM's sentencing in federal court that same month
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Also included in court filings is an affirmation from ADA Joel Seidemann with details/timeline of the state investigation and some summaries of off-record conversations between defense, state DA and Judge Carro
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LIMA, Ohio (AP) — Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Ford Hood shooter execution, says he wouldn't watch.
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This one goes out to all of the tumblr kids reblogging that “I’ll take care of you / it’s rotten work / not to me, not if it’s you” exchange from her Euripides translation
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
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EAST SHIFT - My confidence is growing that #Isaias will make landfall along the beaches of Alabama & the Florida Panhandle on Friday night. Pensacola is the bullseye, but my gut says a little east of there. This will be the worst hurricane to hit this area since Sally in 2020. Residents in these areas must prepare for 100 MPH winds, storm surge, flooding rain, and tornadoes. Mississippi, you’re not out the woods yet but it’s looking better for you. My friends in Louisiana can take a deep breath, I think Isaias will stay east of you. #tropicalupdate 🌀
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