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November 7, 2019 at 8:46 am

Court to rehear law on adoptions of Native American children

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court announced Thursday that it will take a second look at an emotionally fraught lawsuit governing the adoption...

November 3, 2019 at 10:02 pm

Pence rallies for Mississippi GOP governor candidate VIEW

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence campaigned Monday in Mississippi for the Republican nominee for governor, who's in a tight race with the...

October 31, 2019 at 6:52 am

ACLU: South Carolina driving rule penalizes poverty

South Carolina unconstitutionally suspends the drivers' licenses of people who haven't paid traffic tickets without first determining if they can afford to pay, according to...

October 25, 2019 at 4:32 am

Report on race shows the South is still ‘divided by design’

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is tackling the race issue, starting with a report called "Divided by Design ." The...

October 18, 2019 at 1:47 pm

Challenge of Louisiana abortion rules survives, for now

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the state of Louisiana's request that it toss out a lawsuit challenging a broad...

October 18, 2019 at 3:53 am

Plans pushed back to explode 2 cranes in New Orleans VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Plans have been pushed back a day to bring down two giant, unstable construction cranes in a series of controlled explosions...

October 17, 2019 at 9:26 am

Controlled blasts to bring down cranes at collapse site

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two giant, badly damaged construction cranes towering over a partially collapsed hotel project are to be demolished Friday with a series...

October 15, 2019 at 10:28 am

New Orleans collapse site worry: Tropical weather

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A tropical disturbance over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula was being eyed Tuesday by New Orleans authorities, who fear it could become a...

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This aerial photo shows the Hard Rock Hotel, which was under construction, after a fatal partial collapse in New Orleans, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) LAGH104 LAGH104

October 14, 2019 at 8:50 am

Unstable building, cranes hamper rescue try in New Orleans VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rescue workers and search dogs moved gingerly through a dangerously unstable New Orleans hotel Monday in a risky search for the...

October 12, 2019 at 8:42 am

Hotel collapse in New Orleans leaves 2 dead, 1 missing VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A large section of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction beside New Orleans' historic French Quarter collapsed Saturday amid blinding dust...