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KEVIN McGILL

KEVIN McGILL

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A US appeals court will review its prior order keeping banned books on shelves in a Texas county

A federal appeals court in New Orleans is taking another look at its own recent order requiring a Texas county to keep eight books on public library shelves that deal with subjects including sex, gender identity and racism

A US appeals court will review its prior order keeping banned books on shelves in a Texas county
Celebrity|Entertainment|News|Sports|US

Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe

Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre have asked a federal appeals court to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member — former tight end Shannon Sharpe

Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe
Crime|News|US

His brother was found dead, his mother was arrested before this baby was found crawling by a highway

A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old boy survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside

His brother was found dead, his mother was arrested before this baby was found crawling by a highway
Crime|News|US

Trucker describes finding 'miracle baby' by the side of a highway in Louisiana

The truck driver who rescued an abandoned baby from the side of Interstate 10 in Louisiana this week says he first thought he might be seeing a discarded doll

Trucker describes finding 'miracle baby' by the side of a highway in Louisiana
Crime|News|US

A US judge is reining in the use of strip searches amid a police scandal in Louisiana's capital city

A federal judge is reining in the use of “strip searches” by police in Louisiana's capital city

Crime|News|US

A popular tour guide's death leads to more scrutiny of border issues

Kristie Thibodeaux’s gunfire death made news first because it happened in New Orleans’ famous French Quarter

Election|News|US

Court says Jim Crow-era felony voting ban in Mississippi can be altered by lawmakers, not judges

A federal appeals court has ruled that Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the state's practice of stripping voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies

Education|News|US

Ten Commandments won't go in some Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out

Louisiana has agreed to delay implementing a requirement that the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms, at least until November

Ten Commandments won't go in some Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out
Crime|News|US

No prison for a nursing home owner who sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor

A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse has pleaded no contest to 15 criminal counts

Crime|News|US

Police bodyguard accused of fraud and false statements about alleged affair with mayor

Federal prosecutors are accusing a former New Orleans police officer of making false statements about a forbidden romantic relationship with Mayor LaToya Cantrell

Business|News|Technology|US

Appeals judges rule against fund used to provide phone services for rural and low-income people

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled unconstitutional a method the Federal Communications Commission uses to fund telephone and broadband services for rural and low-income users

Appeals judges rule against fund used to provide phone services for rural and low-income people
Crime|News|US

New Orleans' mayor accused her of stalking. Now she's filed a $1 million defamation suit

A New Orleans woman has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit accusing Mayor LaToya Cantrell and some members of the city police department of civil rights violations and defamation

Crime|News|US

Grief, pain, hope and faith at church services following latest deadly school shooting

Grief, pain, hope and faith permeated church services Sunday in an Atlanta area community coping with the nation’s latest deadly school shooting

Grief, pain, hope and faith at church services following latest deadly school shooting
Health|News|US|World

An ER nurse says it was 'second nature' to rescue a man trapped in hurricane floodwaters

A man whose pickup truck got trapped in rushing floodwaters unleashed by rains from Hurricane Francine was saved by a Good Samaritan who also happened to be an emergency room nurse

An ER nurse says it was 'second nature' to rescue a man trapped in hurricane floodwaters
Environment|News|US|World

After storms like Francine, New Orleans rushes to dry out

Hurricane Francine suddenly dropped an incredible amount of rain on New Orleans

After storms like Francine, New Orleans rushes to dry out
Celebrity|Entertainment|News|Sports

An appeals court won't revive Brett Favre's defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe

A federal appeals court has refused to revive former NFL quarterback Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against former tight end Shannon Sharpe

Business|Economy|Health|News|US

An appeals court has revived a challenge to President Biden's Medicare drug price reduction program

A constitutional challenge to the Biden administration program enabling Medicare to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs has been revived by a federal appeals court

An appeals court has revived a challenge to President Biden's Medicare drug price reduction program
Crime|News|US

Justice Department finds Georgia is 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked abuses at its prisons

Georgia's corrections department says a new federal report on state prison conditions reflects a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the challenges of running a prison system

Justice Department finds Georgia is 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked abuses at its prisons
Political|US

Immigrants brought to the US as children ask judges to keep protections against deportation

Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans where appellate judges heard arguments over a policy shielding them from deportation

Immigrants brought to the US as children ask judges to keep protections against deportation
Education|Lifestyle|US

Louisiana's 2020 Teacher of the Year is trying to block the state's Ten Commandments law

Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1

Louisiana's 2020 Teacher of the Year is trying to block the state's Ten Commandments law
Celebrity|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Travel

Before Taylor Swift show in New Orleans, a homeless encampment is forced to move

Louisiana officials have begun moving a homeless encampment near the Superdome in New Orleans, days before three weekend concerts by Taylor Swift

Before Taylor Swift show in New Orleans, a homeless encampment is forced to move
Election|Political|US

Court says Mississippi can't count late ballots but the ruling doesn't affect Nov. 5 vote

A conservative federal court says Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day

Court says Mississippi can't count late ballots but the ruling doesn't affect Nov. 5 vote
Business|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|US

Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute

A federal appeals court says the National Labor Relations Board was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options

Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute
Business|Crime|Health|Political|US

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims

Louisiana’s new law categorizing two widely used abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances is being challenged in a state court lawsuit by a physician, a pharmacist, two women who had difficult pregnancies and others

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims
Education|Opinion|US

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill says the state will ask a federal appeals court to quickly stay a lower court's order declaring unconstitutional a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

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