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Francoise Parlagi, center, and Helen Lowe, far left, descendants of the original owners the Claude Monet painting entitled "Bord de Mer," smile as it is returned to them at the FBI New Orleans office on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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Nazi-looted Monet artwork returned to family generations later
By JACK BROOK - Associated Press
Wed,10/09/24-12:09PM , 84 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On the eve of World War II, Nazis in Austria seized a pastel by renowned impressionist artist Claude Monet, selling it off and sparking a family’s decadeslong search that culminated Wednesday in New Orleans.
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Gail LeBoeuf and Barbara Washington, co-founders of the environmental justice organization Inclusive Louisiana and plaintiffs in a case alleging environmental racism in St. James Parish, Louisiana, speak at a press conference after a hearing for their case at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP/Jack Brook)

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Federal court reviews civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish
By JACK BROOK - Associated Press
Sun,10/06/24-11:15PM , 108 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appellate court is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
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New Orleans, US Justice Department move to end police department's consent decree
By JACK BROOK - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,09/27/24-2:34PM , 90 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to take steps to end long-standing federal oversight of the city's police department.
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St. Rose, La., resident Marshall Dickerson, 69, urges community members opposed to the St. Charles Clean Fuels ammonia production facility to come to a public hearing rescheduled for a later date after crowds overflowed a small room in a public library, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2204, in St. Charles Parish, La. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

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Fire official cancels hearing for ammonia plant amid overflowing crowd and surging public interest
By JACK BROOK - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,09/26/24-9:07PM , 83 Reads
ST. ROSE, La. (AP) — A fire department official shut down a public hearing for a proposed ammonia production facility in Louisiana as public interest surged and crowds overflowed a public library in St. Charles Parish.
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