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CORRECTS TO 382 MILLION NOT 328 FILE - Oil platforms are visible through the haze near the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, Sept. 16, 2023. Oil companies offered $382 million for drilling leases in the Gulf Wednesday after courts rejected the Biden administration's plans to scale back the sale to protect an endangered whale species. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file)

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Oil companies offer $382M for drilling rights in Gulf of Mexico in last offshore sale before 2025
By MATTHEW BROWN AND MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press
Wed,12/20/23-2:48PM , 127 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil companies offered $382 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after courts rejected the Biden administration's plans to scale back the sale to protect an
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Glynn Simmons reacts after stepping out of the courthouse after Judge Amy Palumbo ruled to approve his "actual innocence" claim during a hearing at the Oklahoma County Courthouse Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Oklahoma City, Okla. (Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman via AP)

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Oklahoma judge rules a man who wrongfully spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder is innocent
By KEN MILLER - Associated Press
Wed,12/20/23-11:29AM , 625 Reads
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks about the investigation into the death of Ronald Greene in Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 1, 2022. Edwards delivered his final end-of-the-year address Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, highlighting some of his accomplishments in office over the past eight years and his vague plans for the future. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards gives final end-of-year address
By SARA CLINE - Associated Press
Mon,12/18/23-7:22PM , 118 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards delivered his final end-of-the-year address Monday, highlighting some of his accomplishments in office over the past eight years and his vague plans for the future.
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FILE — This image taken from video from Louisiana state trooper Lt. John Clary's body-worn camera shows trooper Kory York standing over Ronald Greene on his stomach on May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La. On Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, a state police spokesman said Clary, the ranking trooper at the scene of Greene's in-custody death, will return to active duty. (Lt. John Clary/Louisiana State Police via AP, File)

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Louisiana State Police reinstate trooper accused of withholding video in Black man's deadly arrest
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Mon,12/18/23-4:17PM , 170 Reads
The Louisiana State Police have reinstated a veteran trooper who had been accused of withholding graphic body-camera video showing another officer dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene by his ankle shackles during his deadly 2019 arrest.
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