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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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. -
The message was clear Saturday: New Orleans residents want their trash picked up, and they will walk through rain and lightning to get their point across.
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Residents in parishes hit the hardest by the Category 4 Hurricane Ida could see federal relief for housing payments and repairs, officials announced Friday during a visit with U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge.
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It’s been nearly three weeks since Hurricane Ida battered New Orleans, and while power has been restored to the city and businesses are closer than ever to reopening to pre-Ida standards, residents are still waiting for routine trash pickups.
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Nicholas has been downgraded to a tropical depression, but forecasters and public officials warn that the system could bring heavy rains and dangerous flooding to south Louisiana through the weekend.
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Louisiana juvenile advocates question whether youth transfer was legal
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City officials are now promising new regulations for independent living centers to fill in what they say is a gap that left hundreds in the sweltering heat and darkness.
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At the heart of Esperanza Spalding's new album is the question "What do you need a song for?" NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the Grammy-winning musician about her album, Songwrights Apothecary Lab.
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U.S. officials continue to reduce the number of Haitian migrants at the border. Authorities hope to reopen the border to Mexico that has been shuttered since the increase in migrants to the region.
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President Biden hosted the first face to face summit with leaders of Japan, Australia and India. The four countries are known as the Quad and see themselves as a democratic bulwark against China.
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Costco Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said an anticipated uptick in demand as the delta variant surges and supply chain challenges led to the purchase limits on key household items.
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A dazzle of zebras — that's what you call a group of them by the way — escaped from a legally-run farm in the D.C. area 25 days ago. Since then, they've been popping up in the suburbs.
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