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In this image from video provided by the U.S. Senate, Judge Greg Guidry speaks during a hearing for district court nominees held by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Guidry donated tens of thousands of dollars to New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church amid a contentious bankruptcy involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims, The Associated Press found, an apparent conflict that could throw the case into disarray.(U.S. Senate via AP)

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Judge in Catholic bankruptcy recuses over church donations
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Sat,04/29/23-8:27AM , 114 Reads
A federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy recused himself in a late-night reversal that came a week after an Associated Press report showed he donated tens of thousands of dollars to the archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church in the case involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims.
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Judge in Roman Catholic bankruptcy case recuses after AP shows he donated tens of thousands to archdiocese
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sat,04/29/23-8:26AM , 106 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Judge in Roman Catholic bankruptcy case recuses after AP shows he donated tens of thousands to archdiocese.

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The Perdido oil platform located about 200 miles south of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, Oct. 27, 2011. A lawsuit by environmentalists seeking to block the sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases auctioned in 2021 by the federal government was rejected Friday, April 28, 2023, by a federal appeals court. (AP Photo/Jon Fahey, File)

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Court ends challenge to 2021 Gulf oil and gas lease sale
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,04/28/23-1:45PM , 104 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit by environmentalists seeking to block the 2021 sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases auctioned off by the federal government was rejected Friday by a federal appeals court in Washington.
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Dennis Maliq Barnes speaks during an interview at International High School of New Orleans in New Orleans, Thursday, April 27, 2023. To date, Barnes has been accepted into 175 colleges and universities and has been offered a total of more than $9 million in scholarships from close to 130 schools. Officials at the school are trying to determine if Barnes has set a record for U.S. high school students. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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New Orleans student's scholarship offers surpass $9 million
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,04/27/23-6:10PM , 95 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — He is a senior at 16. His grade point average is 4.98. Even before graduating from high school, he has earned 27 college credits and, perhaps the most impressive numbers of all, he has scholarship offers from around 130 colleges and universities that, as of Thursday, totaled more than $9 million.
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