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Panel recommends release for woman convicted of murder in baby's post-Katrina malnutrition death
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,08/15/23-4:08PM , 123 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s pardon board has recommended release for a woman serving a life sentence for second-degree murder in the November 2005 malnutrition death of her 5-month-old baby.
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United States Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa. is shown on Feb. 26, 2019. With two bidders revealed in a matter of days and more in the wings, United States Steel Corp. seems poised to be purchased by a competitor sooner than later. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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American industrial icon US Steel is on the verge of being absorbed as industry consolidates further
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Tue,08/15/23-3:55PM , 119 Reads
With two bidders revealed in a matter of days and more in the wings, United States Steel Corp.
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In this photo released by the Mississippi Highway Patrol, firefighters work to stop a fire from spreading from a semitrailer, which was carrying propane tanks, on Interstate 59 near Poplarville, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. The interstate was closed after the truck caught fire. (Mississippi Highway Patrol via the Mississippi Department of Public Safety via AP)

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Fiery crash scatters exploding propane bottles across Mississippi highway, driver survives
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Mon,08/14/23-5:24PM , 113 Reads
POPLARVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A semitrailer hauling propane bottles crashed and caught fire Monday, blocking traffic for several hours along Interstate 59 in southern Mississippi.
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New Orleans City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell, right, enjoys the city's first Diner en Blanc with her husband, Jason Cantrell, on March 20, 2013, at the Port of New Orleans. Jason Cantrell, the husband of Mayor LaToya Cantrell has died, the city announced in a news release Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (Roberta Grove/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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New Orleans City Hall announces death of Mayor LaToya Cantrell's husband, attorney Jason Cantrell
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Mon,08/14/23-11:31AM , 129 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jason Cantrell, the husband of Mayor LaToya Cantrell has died, the city announced in a Monday morning news release.

Details, including the time and cause of his death, were not included in the announcement from City Hall.
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