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Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana's age verification law aimed at porn websites
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Wed,10/04/23-5:49PM , 88 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An adult entertainment group’s lawsuit against a Louisiana law requiring sexually explicit websites to verify the ages of their viewers was dismissed Wednesday by a federal judge. But opponents of the law say they will likely appeal.
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A man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Jan. 7, 2015. A federal judge's plan to hold hearings the first week of October 2023 to draw up congressional boundary lines that would give Louisiana a second majority-Black district has been blocked by an appeals court. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

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Appeals court blocks hearings on drawing a second majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,09/28/23-4:35PM , 59 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge’s plan to hold hearings next week to draw up congressional boundary lines giving Louisiana a second majority-Black district was blocked Thursday by a divided appeals court panel.
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A rig and supply vessel are pictured in the Gulf of Mexico off the cost of Louisiana, April 10, 2011. A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to expand next week’s scheduled sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases by millions of acres. The Thursday, Sept. 22, 2023, ruling rejected a scaled-back plan announced last month by the Biden administration as part of an effort to protect an endangered whale species. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Judge blocks government plan to scale back Gulf oil lease sale to protect whale species
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Fri,09/22/23-10:17AM , 159 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to expand next week's scheduled sale of of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases by millions of acres, rejecting a scaled-back plan announced last month by the Biden admini
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Raquel Smith, right, widow of former NFL New Orleans Saints star Will Smith, and their daughter Lisa Smith leave Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, after a hearing regarding the retrial for Cardell Hayes, who fatally shot Smith and wounded Raquel, in a confrontation after a 2016 traffic crash.. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Retrial date set for man who claims self-defense in shooting death of former NFL star Will Smith
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,09/20/23-10:23AM , 67 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Feb.
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