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Lawyer: Abortion bill could subject women to homicide charge
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,05/04/22-6:44PM , 101 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana House committee voted Wednesday to make abortion a crime of homicide for which a woman ending her pregnancy could be charged, along with anyone helping her.
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Measure called 'Don't Say Gay' bill dies in House hearing
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,05/03/22-3:34PM , 172 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Legislation forbidding teachers from discussing their gender identity or sexual orientation in Louisiana public schools was rejected Tuesday in a state House committee in Baton Rouge.
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Boyfriend performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, on Friday, April 29, 2022, in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

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Echoes of 2006: Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans for 2022
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,04/29/22-12:12AM , 305 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Once silenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival opened Friday for the first time in three years — a long awaited 2022 revival that holds echoes of 2006 when the annual celebration of music and culture went on even after Hurricane Katrina.
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A migrant waits on the Mexican side of the border after United States Customs and Border Protection officers detained a couple of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border on the beach, in Tijuana, Mexico, Jan. 26, 2022. A federal judge in Louisiana has on Wednesday, April, 27, 2022, ordered the Biden administration to stop phasing out a public health rule that allows the expulsion of migrants without an opportunity to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

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Federal judge halts preparations for end of US asylum limit
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,04/27/22-4:54PM , 114 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge ordered a two-week halt Wednesday on the phasing out of pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum — and raised doubts about the Biden administration's plan to fully lift those restrictions on May 23.
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