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The community of Geismar is seen in the shadow of a chemical and petroleum industrial corridor, that is a known source of ethylene oxide emissions, in Ascension Parish, La., Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana
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Tue,06/11/24-7:00AM , 138 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 20 times higher
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A Texas county removed 17 books from its libraries. An appeals court says eight must be returned.
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,06/06/24-6:10PM , 170 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eight books dealing with subjects including racism and transgender issues must be returned to library shelves in a rural Texas county that had removed them in an ongoing book banning controversy, a divided panel of three federa
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, left, speaks with New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson during a news conference at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, about New Orlean's preparations for hosting NFL football's Super Bowl. (John McCusker/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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New Orleans plans to spiff up as host of next year's Super Bowl
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,06/04/24-3:16PM , 202 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans hosts its 11th Super Bowl next year and the preparations involve showcasing the city's heralded architecture, music, food and celebratory culture while addressing its myriad challenges, including crime, pockets of homelessness and an antiquated drainage system.
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Southwest Airlines plane prepares to land at Midway International Airport, Feb. 12, 2023, in Chicago. Southwest Airlines is back in court over firing a flight attendant with anti-abortion views. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

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Southwest Airlines is back in court over firing of flight attendant with anti-abortion views
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Sun,06/02/24-11:03PM , 125 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Whether a flight attendant was fired for her religious beliefs or for improper conduct when she sent graphic anti-abortion material and disparaging messages to a union leader was at the heart of appeals court arguments Monday, as Southwest Airlines and the union sought to reverse an $800,000 award to the woman.
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