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In this aerial photo a tugboat pushing barges navigates around sandbars amid low water levels on the Mississippi River in Livingston Parish, La., Sept. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
By SARA CLINE - Associated Press
Tue,09/17/24-3:19PM , 98 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana's drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway.
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Deputies in a New Orleans suburb kill armed man following 5-hour standoff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,09/17/24-2:28PM , 108 Reads
MARRERO, La. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies fatally shot an armed suspect outside a home in a New Orleans suburb following a standoff that lasted more than five hours Tuesday, authorities said.
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's former bodyguard and policeman, Jeffrey Vappie, center, walks to federal court in downtown New Orleans with his attorneys, Harry Rosenberg, left, and Shaun Clarke, right, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

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The trial date for the New Orleans mayor's ex-bodyguard has been pushed back to next summer
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Mon,09/16/24-12:30PM , 92 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal trial date has been pushed back to next summer for the former police bodyguard accused of filing fraudulent payroll documents and making false statements about an alleged romantic relationship with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
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The lot of the future victims' advocacy center is shown, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 in Gilbert, Ariz. The town has obligated only one-quarter of funds received through the American Rescue Plan for projects, according to the most recent data from the federal government. Construction on the dirt lot near its fire department for the advocacy center remain unrealized. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Fri,09/13/24-11:13PM , 91 Reads
From the looks of it, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert hasn’t done too much with the $24 million it received in federal pandemic aid.
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