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Rain clouds gather over the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board facility, Aug. 10, 2017, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Water woes linger in New Orleans after wayward balloon causes power glitch, pressure drop
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,08/08/24-3:48PM , 172 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Utility companies have warned for years about the hazards of Mylar balloons and that message resounded Thursday across New Orleans as most of the city's nearly 370,000 residents were under a
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Rain clouds gather over the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board facility, Aug. 10, 2017, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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A balloon, a brief flicker of power, then disruption of water service for thousands in New Orleans
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,08/07/24-5:20PM , 125 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A small balloon striking a utility line near a New Orleans drinking water plant caused only a brief power outage but was followed by a drop in water pressure, a serious injury to a worker trying to restart water pumps, and a boil water advisory for most of the city that is expected to last until Thursday afternoon.
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Jeffrey Vappie, center, a former police bodyguard for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, walks into federal court in New Orleans, Wednesday Aug., 7, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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New Orleans mayor's ex-bodyguard pleads not guilty, can have contact with her while awaiting trial
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Wed,08/07/24-11:57AM , 105 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former police bodyguard for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he filed fraudulent payroll documents and made false statements about an alleged romant
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A man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jan. 7, 2015, in New Orleans. A divided court ruled that separate, distinct minority groups cannot join together in coalitions to claim their votes are diluted in redistricting cases under the federal Voting Rights Act on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

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Appeals court: Separate, distinct minority groups can't join together to claim vote dilution
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,08/01/24-6:56PM , 130 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Distinct minority groups cannot join together in coalitions to claim their votes are diluted in redistricting cases under the Voting Rights Act, a divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday, acknowledging that it was reversing years of its own precedent.
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