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November 21, 2019 at 2:25 am

Feds: Royalty exemption for new shallow-water Gulf wells

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal agencies that make and enforce offshore oil and gas leases say they’ll encourage new wells in shallow Gulf of...

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November 15, 2019 at 2:51 pm

Whooping cranes return to Alabama national wildlife refuge

Some migratory whooping cranes from Wisconsin are back at a national wildlife refuge in Alabama. For the second year in a row, a wild-hatched crane...

November 14, 2019 at 2:54 pm

11 more endangered whooping cranes in southwest Louisiana

Eleven young endangered whooping cranes are in southwest Louisiana, being prepared to join 69 adults in the wild. The juveniles will spend about two weeks...

October 31, 2019 at 10:07 pm

Louisiana man gets probation in whooping crane death

A Louisiana man was sentenced to probation Friday for killing one of the state's oldest whooping cranes . Gilvin P. Aucoin Jr., of Ville Platte,...

October 30, 2019 at 10:57 pm

Fake chimneys for birds that need vertical hollows to rest VIEW

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — People from New England to Texas are building fake chimneys as nesting spots and migration motels for chimney swifts, little birds...

October 17, 2019 at 10:56 am

Coast Guard, Mexican Navy search for plane, surgeon pilot

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard plane and a Mexican Navy vessel searched the Gulf of Mexico for a small plane Thursday after...

October 16, 2019 at 1:05 pm

New Orleans man, 62, free after 42 years and plea agreement

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Free for the first time in 42 years, a New Orleans man who always maintained his innocence over a 1977 slaying...

October 15, 2019 at 11:33 am

After 42 years in prison, plea agreement bringing freedom

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans man who has spent two-thirds of his life in prison for a killing he always denied committing has...

October 9, 2019 at 11:26 am

Wealthy counties get many FEMA buyouts of flood-prone homes

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — FEMA buys flood-prone homes more often in wealthy, populous counties than in poor, rural areas, even though lower-income rural areas may...

September 26, 2019 at 2:54 pm

Lawyer appeals NFL no-call ruling after abuse case citation

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After the dismissal of the "Nola No-call" lawsuit against the NFL was cited by attorneys for the Roman Catholic Church in...