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Kat Stromquist/Gulf States NewsroomFederal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the "farm line" violates the Eighth Amendment rights of people working there and the Americans with Disabilities Act. -
Tyler Kaufman/AP Content Services for Inauguration Fund of Mayor-Elect Helena MorenoHelena Moreno was sworn in as New Orleans’ 63rd mayor on Monday (Jan. 12), making history as the city’s first Hispanic mayor and the second woman to assume the role.
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In a brief column for the conservative online outlet Breitbart, Landry directly tied Maduro to opioid deaths in the United States — particularly from fentanyl. -
Ahead of the anniversary of the rampage, officials are ramping up security measures. Some 350 National Guard members arrived Tuesday. -
Security is tight in New Orleans as people remember the victims of the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street one year ago. -
Tariffs, inflation, and other federal policies have battered U.S. farmers' bottom lines. Now many farmers say the expiration of federal health care subsidies will make their coverage unaffordable. -
A report from the Death Penalty Information Center shows Alabama played a key role in executions and new death sentences. -
More than a thousand letters were written and answered after the hurricane. They’re now housed in an exhibit at the Ground Zero Hurricane Katrina Museum. -
Proponents for the change say it will help the state be competitive for major developments. Critics, however, say it weakens long-standing consumer protections. -
Darwin was one of more than 5,200 students in Jefferson Parish who missed school after federal agents arrived in New Orleans on Dec. 3. -
At the National Black Growers Council meeting in New Orleans, Black farmers respond to the $12 billion in tariff relief announced by the Trump administration and outline challenges farms are facing. -
Joseph Russo, 41, was booked on one count of terrorizing and one count of lawful disruption of the operation of a school, the New Orleans Police Department said.
