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An automatic system drops pharmaceutical orders on a conveyor belt to be placed into boxes at Morris and Dickson Co., in Shreveport, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to keep shipping opioid painkillers for nearly four years after a judge recommended in 2018 it lose its license for its “cavalier disregard” of thousands of suspicious orders fueling the opioid crisis. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Shreveport Times via AP)

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DEA's failure to punish distributor blamed in opioid crisis raises revolving door questions
By JIM MUSTIAN AND JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-12:22AM , 219 Reads
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S.
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Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-N.C., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Washington. A recent redistricting ruling by North Carolina's Supreme Court could become an electoral windfall for Republicans seeking to maintain their control of Congress next year. Experts say four current Democratic incumbents are vulnerable when state legislators draw a new map later this year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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North Carolina gerrymander ruling gives electoral gift to GOP in Congress
By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press
Tue,05/23/23-11:10PM , 167 Reads
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina redistricting ruling has set up a possible electoral windfall for congressional Republicans in preserving their U.S. House majority next year, declaring that judges should stay out of scrutinizing seat boundaries for partisan advantage.
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Books are displayed at the Banned Book Library at American Stage in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 18, 2023. Activists in Louisiana are voicing concerns over a bill advancing in the GOP-controlled House to bar children and teens from accessing public library books deemed “sexually explicit,” saying the proposal could be used to target LGBTQ+ content. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

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Bill to restrict youth access to 'sexually explicit' public library books advances in Louisiana
By SARA CLINE - The Associated Press
Tue,05/23/23-7:18PM , 143 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Activists in Louisiana are voicing concerns over a bill advancing through the GOP-controlled Legislature to restrict children and teens' access to public library books deemed “sexually explicit,” saying the proposal could be used to target LGBTQ+ content.
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Sheriff says all expected to recover after seven shot at Louisiana street party
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Mon,05/22/23-4:01PM , 122 Reads
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Seven people who were struck when gunfire erupted at a weekend street party in south Louisiana are expected to recover, law enforcement officials said Monday.
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