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March 25, 2019 at 9:23 am

Settlement reached in lawsuits over Xarelto blood thinner

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The pharmaceutical companies behind the widely advertised blood thinner Xarelto reached a $775 million settlement in 25,000 lawsuits alleging patients were...

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March 21, 2019 at 1:03 pm

Court reverses nearly $1.5M oil spill award to ex-NBA star

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former NBA star David West is not entitled to a nearly $1.5 million award stemming from BP's 2010 Gulf of Mexico...

March 14, 2019 at 9:58 am

Prosecutor turns to US appeals court, hoping to kill lawsuit

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The district attorney in New Orleans has turned to a federal appeals court in hopes of killing a lawsuit over his...

March 12, 2019 at 10:53 pm

Appeals court hears case on adoptions of Native Americans VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children is an...

March 6, 2019 at 8:26 am

Suspect in custody in deaths of woman, 2 children

TERRYTOWN, La. (AP) — A man is in custody for the bludgeoning deaths Wednesday of a woman and two children outside of New Orleans. A...

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March 4, 2019 at 11:08 am

Seattle man among bicyclists killed in traffic during New Orleans' Mardi Gras VIEW

The dead have been identified as 27-year-old Sharree Walls of New Orleans and 31-year-old David Hynes of Seattle. They were among nine people hit Saturday...

February 27, 2019 at 3:07 pm

Convicted in racial shootings, he dies days after sentencing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A white man who pleaded guilty to federal charges for shooting at three black people trying to evacuate flooded New Orleans...

February 22, 2019 at 12:58 pm

Mother arrested for posting video of Louisiana school fight

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A woman who posted her son's video recording of a high school fight was arrested and jailed under a little-known Louisiana...

February 14, 2019 at 9:51 am

City mulls $5M penalty over paid power plant ‘supporters’

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major utility company will learn next week whether the use of paid actors to gin up phony support for a...

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February 13, 2019 at 10:22 pm

10-year sentence in race-based post-Katrina shooting

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A white man who spewed racial epithets before and after a shotgun attack on three black men amid the chaotic aftermath...