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Cardell Hayes leaves Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, after a hearing regarding his retrial for shooting former NFL star Will Smith. Hayes fatally shot Smith, who had retired from the New Orleans Saints, and wounded his wife, in a confrontation after a 2016 traffic crash. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Retrial delayed for man whose conviction in the death of former NFL player Will Smith was overturned
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,09/18/23-12:52PM , 119 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The long-awaited retrial of the man whose conviction in the death of former NFL star Will Smith was thrown out because the jury verdict wasn't unanimous was delayed without explanation Monday.
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Louisiana State Highway 1 is seen from above Grand Isle, La., on July 27, 2010. Grand Isle will repeal an anti-obscenity ordinance and let a contractor fly a flag from his truck that carries an obscenity aimed at President Joe Biden, under the terms of a lawsuit settlement filed Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in federal court. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Louisiana island town to repeal ordinance, let driver fly vulgar anti-Biden flag
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,09/15/23-4:20PM , 137 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A resort island town on the Louisiana coast will repeal an anti-obscenity ordinance and let a contractor fly a flag from his truck that carries an obscenity aimed at President Joe Biden, under the terms of a lawsuit settlement filed Friday in federal court.
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Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary — the Angola Prison, the largest high-security prison in the country in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. A federal judge ruled on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 that incarcerated youths be removed from a temporary lockup, at a former death row building in Louisiana’s adult maximum-security prison.(AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File)

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Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,09/15/23-12:34PM , 117 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Juvenile detainees who were being held at a former death row building at Louisiana's adult penitentiary were transferred to a new facility in north Louisiana, state juvenile justice officials said Friday.
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President Joe Biden arrives at Indira Gandhi International Airport to attend the G20 summit, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Appeals court scales back order squelching Biden administration contact with social media platforms
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,09/08/23-6:29PM , 164 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday significantly whittled down a lower court's order curbing Biden administration communications with social media companies over controversial content about COVID-19 and other issues.
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