KEVIN McGILL

July 7, 2020 at 12:38 pm

Immigrant advocates say US policy change endangers workers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrant advocates in New Orleans claim in a federal lawsuit that federal rule changes made last year by the U.S. Department...

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June 8, 2020 at 12:12 am

Cristobal weakens to tropical depression, rains persist VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression Monday morning, after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm a day prior in Louisiana...

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June 7, 2020 at 5:37 am

Tropical storm crashes onto US Gulf Coast amid flood threat VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lopsided Tropical Storm Cristobal came ashore Sunday in Louisiana and ginned up dangerous weather much farther east, sending waves crashing...

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June 3, 2020 at 4:18 pm

Universities, archdiocese named in lawsuit over Katrina aid

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two New Orleans universities, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and a government contractor are defendants in a whistleblower lawsuit...

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May 1, 2020 at 11:59 am

Archdiocese files for bankruptcy amid clergy abuse costs

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans announced Friday that it is seeking federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid growing legal...

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April 18, 2020 at 7:15 am

10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies...

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April 8, 2020 at 9:49 am

Louisiana responds to coronavirus with rare bipartisanship VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A simple gift from a bitter political rival — a medical mask emblazoned with Louisiana's state seal — has helped Democratic...

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March 26, 2020 at 10:48 pm

US eyes new outbreaks as infections worldwide top 590,000 VIEW

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans rushed to build a makeshift hospital in its convention center Friday as troubling new outbreaks bubbled in the United...

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March 2, 2020 at 10:03 pm

Court considers whether men-only draft is constitutional

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Weeks before a government commission weighs in on the subject, a federal appeals court panel was urged Tuesday to rule unconstitutional...

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March 2, 2020 at 10:45 am

Mississippi man appeals death sentence in girl’s slaying

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for a Mississippi man who admitted killing a 12-year-old girl by shooting her four times and slitting her throat gave...

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