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Atlanta kids got donations for notorious street gang

August 11, 2021 - 05:05 PM By JEFF MARTIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Georgia have charged 14 people with recruiting poor children from Atlanta to sell candy and food door-to-door in the Atlanta suburbs, alleging that it was all a scheme to funnel money to a notorious U.S. street gang. The group set up a fake charity —...

Louisiana schools chief outlines priorities for pandemic aid

August 10, 2021 - 04:25 PM By MELINDA DESLATTE (AP) — Louisiana’s top public schools leader released a $132 million plan on Wednesday for spending federal coronavirus aid, saying he hopes it will help students recover from learning losses that occurred when classroom teaching moved online because of the ...

Shootout erupts with cop after Webbie's Lafayette performance

August 10, 2021 - 11:00 AM LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A man was killed and a woman was wounded in gunfire outside a Louisiana nightclub — and it’s not clear whether it was during a parking lot shootout or when people shot at a moonlighting city officer and he fired back, Louisiana State Police said. “There...

Elevation Worship, Cece Winans land Dove Award nominations

August 10, 2021 - 10:10 AM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — North Carolina-based Elevation Worship and singer-songwriter Brandon Lake are each nominated for seven awards at the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards, and Elevation’s lead singer and songwriter Chris Brown earned nine nominations. The 52nd annual Dove...

Heat wave brings dangerous temperatures to southern states

August 10, 2021 - 09:04 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Dangerous heat is invading parts of several southern states, forecasters said. The National Weather Service issued heat advisories Tuesday covering large of parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In Louisiana, a heat advisory covered the northern part ...

Sheriff: 1 dead, 5 wounded in Houston club shooting

August 08, 2021 - 05:09 PM HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in Houston are looking for suspected shooters after five people were injured and one man was killed in an exchange of gunfire at a nightclub early Sunday. Harris County Sheriff deputies responded to a shooting call around 2 a.m. at a north Houston club and authoriti...

New Orleans Jazz Fest canceled again due to COVID-19

August 08, 2021 - 04:30 PM NEW ORLEANS — With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won’t be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday. The festival, traditionally held in the spring, had been scheduled to run Oct. 8-10 and Oct. 15-17 after being cancele...

Police: Georgia teacher tried to set fire to school

August 07, 2021 - 05:42 PM DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A suburban Atlanta teacher has been arrested after school police said he tried to set fire to a school and fired a gun there. Antonio Bailey, a 23-year-old Snellville resident, was arrested Friday on first degree arson, second degree criminal property damage and possessing...

New Orleans approves measures to decriminalize marijuana use

August 06, 2021 - 05:25 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — City leaders in New Orleans have approved measures to end penalties for people found with small amounts of cannabis. The City Council on Thursday passed several agenda items to end the penalties and also to pardon about 10,000 convictions and pending cases, WGNO-TV&nbs...

Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards died; knew power and prison

July 12, 2021 - 07:45 AM NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living four-term governor whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was all but overshadowed by scandal and an eight-year federal prison stretch, died Monday. He was 93. FILE - In this July 29, 2011, file photo, former Gove...

Briefs

Atlanta kids got donations for notorious street gang

Louisiana schools chief outlines priorities for pandemic aid

Shootout erupts with cop after Webbie's Lafayette performance

Elevation Worship, Cece Winans land Dove Award nominations

Heat wave brings dangerous temperatures to southern states

Sheriff: 1 dead, 5 wounded in Houston club shooting

New Orleans Jazz Fest canceled again due to COVID-19

Police: Georgia teacher tried to set fire to school

New Orleans approves measures to decriminalize marijuana use

Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards died; knew power and prison

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