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A man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 7, 2015, in New Orleans. Biden administration attorneys are set to ask appellate court judges in New Orleans on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, to block a Louisiana-based federal judge's broad order limiting executive branch officials and agencies' communications with social media companies about controversial online posts. The 5th Circuit granted a temporary pause on enforcement of the order on July 14, giving both sides time to file briefs and prepare for Thursday's hearing. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

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Allusions to mobster movies and book burning at appeals court hearing on Biden social media contacts
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,08/10/23-10:38AM , 58 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Allusions to book burning and mobster movies arose during a federal court hearing Thursday as appellate judges heard arguments on whether the Biden administration crosses the line from legal persuasion to unconstitutional censorship in communications with social media platforms about controversial posts.
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This May 1, 2019, file photo, shows the Davis Pond Diversion, a project that diverts water from the Mississippi River, left, into the Barataria Basin to reduce coastal erosion in St. Charles Parish, La. Officials are breaking ground in southeast Louisiana on a nearly $3 billion project to fight coastal wetland loss. It involves building massive gates in a section of levee in a rural area southeast of New Orleans and creating a channel to divert some of the Mississippi River’s sediment-laden water into an area known as the Barataria Basin. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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A billion-dollar coastal project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise?
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,08/10/23-12:52AM , 252 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem restoration in southeastern Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish.
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A tassel with 2023 on it rests on a graduation cap as students walk in a procession for Howard University's commencement in Washington, Saturday, May 13, 2023. A Biden administration rule aimed at making it easier to obtain student loan debt relief for people who say they were victims of misleading information about the quality of education they would receive at the colleges or universities where they enrolled was put on hold Monday, Aug. 7, by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Judges halt a Biden rule offering student debt relief for those alleging colleges misled them
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,08/07/23-5:54PM , 71 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday halted a rule from President Joe Biden's administration that could make it easier to obtain student loan debt relief for borrowers who say they were victims of misleading information about the quality o
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Semi-automatic handguns are displayed at shop in New Castle, Pa., March 25, 2020. A Biden administration rule requiring registration of stabilizing braces on handguns is unlikely to survive a legal challenge, a federal appeals court panel said Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, as it extended an order allowing a gun dealer and others challenging the regulation to keep owning, buying and selling the devices without registering them. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

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Appeals court casts doubt on Biden administration rule to curb use of handgun stabilizing braces
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,08/01/23-5:08PM , 122 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Biden administration rule requiring registration of stabilizing braces on handguns is unlikely to survive a legal challenge, a federal appeals court panel said Tuesday as it extended an order allowing a g
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