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DeMarcus Hicks, a recent graduate of nursing school who is working as a contractor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gives a person a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, in Federal Way, Wash. A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, became the latest to hear arguments on whether President Joe Biden overstepped his authority with an order that federal contractors require that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Another court mulls Biden vaccine mandate for US contractors
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,10/03/22-1:50PM , 74 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday became the latest to hear arguments on whether President Joe Biden overstepped his authority with an order that federal contractors require that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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A bump stock is displayed on March 15, 2019, in Harrisonburg, Va. A federal appeals court was told Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, that there is no basis in federal law for a Trump administration ban on bump stocks — devices that enable a shooter to fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons with a single trigger pull. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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Gun advocates fight for bump stocks in latest court hearing
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,09/13/22-11:59AM , 199 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court was told Tuesday that there is no basis in federal law for a Trump administration ban on bump stocks — devices that enable a shooter to fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons with a single trigger pull.
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President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House on April 1, 2022, in Washington. Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees, an administration lawyer told a federal appeals court Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Court rehears fight over vaccine mandate for federal workers
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,09/13/22-10:56AM , 520 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees, an administration lawyer told a federal appeals court T
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New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson talks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in New Orleans on Aug. 17, 2022. Hoping to beef up a dwindling police force amid a rise in violent crime, New Orleans officials announced a three-year $80 million plan Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, offering raises for all officers, free health care and $30,000 in incentive payments for new hires. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill, File)

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An $80 million plan to bolster depleted New Orleans police
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,09/08/22-5:38PM , 91 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hoping to beef up a dwindling police force amid a rise in violent crime, New Orleans officials announced a three-year $80 million plan Thursday offering raises for all officers, free health care and $30,000 in incentive payments for new hires.
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