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A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. Louisiana agreed Friday, July 19, 2024 to delay implementing a requirement that the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms until at least November, as a lawsuit makes its way through the courts. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Ten Commandments won't go in some Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,07/19/24-1:43PM , 157 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana won't take official steps to implement a law requiring the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state's public school classrooms until at least November as a lawsuit makes its way through the courts, according to an agreement approved by a federal judge Friday.
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New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte (80) reacts during the second half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sept. 10, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. Boutte will not be prosecuted on charges related to illegal online gaming that police said took place while he was underage and still a college player at Louisiana State University, a prosecutor said Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper, File)

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Patriots receiver won't face prosecution over online gambling while at LSU
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,07/16/24-4:28PM , 245 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte will not be prosecuted on charges related to illegal online gaming that police said took place while he was underage and still a player at Louisiana State
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This photo provided by the Crawl Entertainment Group in July 2024 shows Kristie Thibodeaux. She was shot to death as she sat in her car early on the morning of June 30, 2024, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Police say the suspects in her death had carried out a string of robberies. (Crawl Entertainment Group via AP)

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A popular tour guide's death leads to more scrutiny of border issues
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Sat,07/13/24-12:07PM , 102 Reads
Kristie Thibodeaux's gunfire death made headlines first because it happened in the French Quarter — New Orleans' oldest neighborhood and a place where residents of historic homes and owners of tourist-dependent restaurants and clubs have long worried about recurring violent crime.
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A US judge is reining in the use of strip searches amid a police scandal in Louisiana's capital city
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,07/12/24-6:00PM , 97 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The use of strip searches by police in Louisiana's capital city was reined in Friday by a federal judge who said the policy under which Baton Rouge officers perform such searches on people who haven't been arrested is “unconstitutional on its face.”
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