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Lawyer Paul Sterbcow, left, with his client, attorney Richard Trahant, talks to reporters outside the federal appeals court building in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Trahant is appealing a $400,000 court sanction for allegedly violating a bankruptcy court secrecy order by alerting a school principal and a reporter that a suspected child predator was working as a chaplain at a high school. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)

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Lawyer for sex abuse victims says warning others about chaplain didn't violate secrecy order
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,04/03/24-2:38PM , 135 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans attorney facing a $400,000 court penalty for warning a school principal and a reporter about a high school chaplain who was suspected of being a sexual predator took his case to a federal appeals court Wednesday.
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Demonstrators gather outside federal court buildings in New Orleans on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, to protest a Texas law known as SB4. Texas officials appeared before a three-judge federal appeals panel to defend a state law that would allow police to arrest migrants for illegally entering the United States, a week after the same three judges put the law on hold. (AP Photo by Kevin McGill)

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Texas asks court to decide if the state's migrant arrest law went too far
By ACACIA CORONADO - Associated Press
Wed,04/03/24-2:27PM , 193 Reads
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An attorney defending Texas' plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally told a panel of federal judges Wednesday that it's possible the law “went too far” but that will be up to the court to decide.
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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
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Wed,04/03/24-1:30PM , 77 Reads
The Advocate. April 2, 2024.

Editorial: Motorcycle helmets make riders -- and everyone else on the road -- safer
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13 inmates, guards and others sentenced for drug trafficking at Louisiana's maximum-security prison
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,04/03/24-12:57PM , 153 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Thirteen people convicted in a large-scale drug trafficking network based at Louisiana's maximum-security prison have been sentenced to a range of time spanning four to 16 years, federal prosecutors said.
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