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For years, Black residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, have voiced complaints about abuses and a lack of accountability in its Sheriff’s Office. Unlike in neighboring New Orleans, no one has stepped in to help.
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The effort involves four local and national companies and could cost up to $20 million. Cleanup will take place from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. until the streets are cleared. -
A September 20 letter from the advocacy group Promise of Justice Initiative addressed to Gov. John Bel Edwards detailed poor conditions, neglect and violence that the Orleans Parish Prison evacuees said they experienced.
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Louisiana’s abortion clinics are struggling to keep up with an influx of patients across the state border, after Texas enacted a six-week abortion ban. Louisiana lawmakers could consider passing a similar law.
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After the powerful Hurricane Ida knocked power out for New Orleans and southeast Louisiana, resulting in evacuations after landfall and even multiple fatalities, the City Council and angry residents took Entergy New Orleans to task Wednesday for their response during the storm’s aftermath.
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The City Council grilled Metro Services Group and Richard’s Disposal, who cited a lack of workers to handle the increased workload as reasons for why trash keeps piling up.
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The ban on mask mandates was to take effect Wed. Before that could happen, an Arizona judge ruled that it and other laws were unconstitutional specifically because of how lawmakers passed them.
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The bright phenomenon was videoed above the coast of North Carolina Friday night. Sightings were also reported in South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Republicans opposed the measure to suspend the federal borrowing limit, leaving the national government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown.
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Gas stations across Great Britain are running dry due to a post-Brexit shortage of truck drivers. The government announced a plan to issue 5,000 temporary visas for truckers.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Lesley Blume about the struggle of the survivors of the Trinity nuclear test in 1945 — one locals didn't know was coming and caused serious health issues.
