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October 18, 2018 at 2:25 pm

2nd guilty plea about autistic relative held captive

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans-area man has admitted keeping an autistic relative captive in a tent, a shed and a cage installed for...

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October 9, 2018 at 11:52 am

US teen flies for record: youngest solo round-the-world

A Louisiana teenager flew for 10½ hours through a sandstorm over Saudi Arabia, got stuck in the Philippines by typhoons, and set three youth aviation...

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October 9, 2018 at 8:20 am

US teen flies for round-the-world record by youngest pilot

A Louisiana teenager flew for 10½ hours through a sandstorm over Saudi Arabia, got stuck in the Philippines by typhoons, and set three youth aviation...

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September 27, 2018 at 12:43 pm

New Orleans publicly unveiling slave market tour app

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The city of New Orleans has unveiled a smartphone app tour of sites involved in the slave trade during the 18th...

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September 26, 2018 at 11:00 am

Judge: NOAA can’t regulate fish farming under fisheries law

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans has thrown out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's rules for fish farms in the...

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September 23, 2018 at 9:53 pm

Soldier could get life in prison for chlorine gas explosion

Sentencing is scheduled Monday for a soldier who pleaded guilty to making bombs that released chlorine gas in a forested training area near a U.S....

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September 21, 2018 at 3:00 pm

White student accused of noose around black student’s neck

A white high-school student has been accused of putting a noose around a black student's neck in northeast Louisiana. A teacher at West Ouachita High...

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$In this scanning electron microscopy image, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service, the tiny mite that carries the virus for rose rosette disease is pictured in a black and white photo dated Oct. 16, 2016. The mite is roughly half as long as a grain of salt, too small to see with the naked eye. (USDA\ARS Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit, Beltsville, Maryland via AP) OKSO307 OKSO307$

September 19, 2018 at 12:18 pm

Deadly plant disease threatens nation’s $250M rose business VIEW

An incurable virus is causing major damage to the nation’s $250-million-a-year rose business. The virus, spread by wind-blown mites about half the length of a...

September 18, 2018 at 1:48 pm

McDonald’s workers across US protest against sex harassment VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — McDonald's workers staged protests in several cities Tuesday in what organizers billed as the first multistate strike seeking to combat sexual...

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September 10, 2018 at 11:10 am

German zoo sends its last orangutan to Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A German zoo is sending its last orangutan to Louisiana, and he's already learning some English. Jambi is a 22-year-old Sumatran...

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