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Grief, pain, hope and faith at church services following latest deadly school shooting
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Sun,09/08/24-1:05PM , 87 Reads
Grief, pain, hope and faith permeated church services Sunday as an Atlanta area community’s efforts to cope with the nation’s latest deadly school shooting included prayer, hymns and a first-person account of the tragedy from
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A Tesla logo is shown on Feb. 27, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

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Tesla's fight against Louisiana auto sales law revived by appeals court
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Tue,08/27/24-5:53PM , 127 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tesla's federal court challenge to a Louisiana law that prohibits automobile manufacturers from selling directly to consumers has been revived by an appeals court.
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The Marathon Petroleum Refinery is visible in Reserve, La., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Environmental advocates and residents of the Louisiana chemical corridor known as Cancer Alley have spent decades calling for change in the way industrial activity is regulated there. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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The EPA can't use Civil Rights Act to fight environmental injustice in Louisiana, judge rules
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Fri,08/23/24-4:56PM , 121 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has weakened the Biden administration’s effort to use a historic civil rights law to fight industrial pollution alleged to have taken a heavier toll on minority communities in Louisiana.
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Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary — the Angola Prison, in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File)

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Federal judge reinforces order for heat protection for Louisiana inmates at prison farm
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Thu,08/15/24-6:23PM , 101 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary to increase shade and take other steps to protect prisoners doing agricultural labor from dangerous heat.
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