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People react at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Canal Street during the investigation after a pickup truck rammed into a crowd of revelers early on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton) LAMH167 LAMH167

January 1, 2025 at 9:22 pm

FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone and was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group WATCH

The FBI is investigating what it calls a terrorist act and does not believe the driver acted alone in the rampage, which turned festive Bourbon...

Emergency personnel near the scene, hours after a man drove a pickup truck into people in the French Quarter of New Orleans, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. A man drove a pickup truck into crowds celebrating the New Year on Bourbon Street in the early morning, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)

January 1, 2025 at 12:53 pm

New Orleans barriers to prevent vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced

Seven years ago, New Orleans officials began installing adjustable barriers at intersections in the famed French Quarter to temporarily prevent vehicles from entering the tourist...

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – Emergency personnel work the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans’ Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) LBJ128 LBJ128

January 1, 2025 at 3:43 am

Islamic State-inspired driver expressed desire to kill before deadly New Orleans rampage, Biden says WATCH

A driver in a pickup truck sped through the French Quarter, causing mass casualties during New Year's Day revelry. Investigators have since found guns and...

November 20, 2024 at 9:32 am

Court ruling stops Louisiana from requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms for now

Louisiana’s plan to make all public school classrooms in the state post the Ten Commandments next year remains on hold under a federal appeals court...

November 15, 2024 at 2:50 pm

Court temporarily limits scope of ruling that Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional

A federal appeals court has temporarily limited the scope of a ruling that Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms...

November 13, 2024 at 4:01 pm

Louisiana asks court to block part of ruling against Ten Commandments in classrooms

Lawyers for the state of Louisiana are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to immediately block a judge’s ruling ordering education officials to...

November 12, 2024 at 7:29 am

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

October 31, 2024 at 3:07 pm

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims

Louisiana’s new law categorizing two widely used abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances is being challenged in a state court lawsuit by a physician, a...

October 29, 2024 at 1:59 pm

Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute

A federal appeals court says the National Labor Relations Board was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post...

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October 25, 2024 at 2:55 pm

Court says Mississippi can’t count late ballots but the ruling doesn’t affect Nov. 5 vote

A conservative federal court says Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day.