KEVIN McGILL

November 23, 2020 at 1:53 pm

Court: Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics — a...

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November 17, 2020 at 3:18 pm

New Orleans: Coronavirus nixes Mardi Gras-season parades

The pandemic has put an end to New Orleans' Mardi Gras parades in 2021, though the mayor has asked the public for safe-celebration suggestions. The...

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November 10, 2020 at 11:07 am

Musicians Mayfield, Markham plead guilty in fraud case

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy Award-winning New Orleans trumpet player Irvin Mayfield and his musical partner, pianist Ronald Markham, each pleaded guilty Tuesday to a...

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November 5, 2020 at 8:21 am

COVID-19: ‘The Bitter End’ for nation’s live music venues? VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The venerable New Orleans funk band Galactic purchased the historic music club Tipitina’s in late November 2018 and, according to bassist...

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October 29, 2020 at 10:00 pm

Zeta’s toll on a Louisiana island: ‘Like a bomb was dropped’ VIEW

GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — Mark Andollina remembers stinging rain and a howling wind that peeled the roof off part of his Cajun Tide Beach...

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October 27, 2020 at 10:10 pm

At least 1 dead as Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast VIEW

Hurricane Zeta slammed into storm-weary Louisiana on Wednesday with New Orleans squarely in its path.

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October 20, 2020 at 3:32 pm

Court strikes Louisiana’s ‘Sex Offender’ ID requirement

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's requirement that people convicted of certain sex crimes carry a state-issued ID card with the words “SEX OFFENDER” printed on...

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October 15, 2020 at 8:15 am

Black man serving life for stealing hedge clippers paroled

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Black man whose life sentence for making off with hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary drew scathing criticism from the...

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October 4, 2020 at 3:42 pm

2-term Louisiana governor Mike Foster dies at 90

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Murphy J. “Mike” Foster Jr., a folksy millionaire businessman who pushed major changes in education policy and lawsuit...

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September 11, 2020 at 9:09 am

Courts weigh in on mail-in voting in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas. (AP) — The most populous county in Texas can move forward with plans to send all registered voters a mail-in ballot application for...

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