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Exonerated in 2022, men sue New Orleans over prosecution in which killer cop Len Davis played a role
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,10/16/23-1:48PM , 144 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men whose convictions in a 1994 New Orleans murder were tossed decades later — in part because a notoriously corrupt killer cop was involved in the investigation — sued the city, the district attorney and several former police officers Monday.
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Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, R-Baton Rouge, talks to reporters on July 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. Federal appeals court judges in New Orleans closely questioned voting rights advocates and attorneys for Louisiana Republican officials Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, on whether Louisiana must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new mostly Black congressional district — and how quickly that can and should ahead of next year’s elections. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

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Louisiana Republicans are in court to fight efforts to establish new Black congressional district
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,10/06/23-12:25PM , 77 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal appeals court judges in New Orleans closely questioned voting rights advocates and attorneys for Louisiana Republican officials Friday on whether Louisiana must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in dr
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Crews lay out miles of flexible pipeline to help supply fresh water to Jefferson Parish as salt water slowly moves up the Mississippi River on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Marrero, La. A mass inflow of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in Louisiana. (Chris Granger,/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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Reprieve for New Orleans as salt water creeping up the Mississippi River slows its push inland
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,10/05/23-3:10PM , 90 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Salt water inching up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico is progressing more slowly than projected, authorities said Thursday, meaning water systems in the greater New Orleans area that draw drinking water from the river have additional weeks to prepare.
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Migrants walk past large buoys being used as a floating border barrier on the Rio Grande, Aug. 1, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas attorneys asked federal appeals court judges Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 to let the state keep in place a floating barrier of large concrete-anchored buoys to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande — a barrier the Biden administration says was illegally deployed without needed federal authorization. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)

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Texas asks appeal judges to let it keep floating barrier in place on the Rio Grande
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,10/05/23-11:39AM , 92 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas attorneys asked federal appeals court judges Thursday to let the state keep large concrete-anchored buoys in place to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande — a floating barrier that the Biden administrati
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