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Press freedom advocates alarmed by $300,000 defamation verdict against Louisiana newspaper

Experts say ruling could undermine the ‘actual malice’ standard and make publishers more wary of critical reporting

The Guardian - US

Louisiana supreme court justice wins rare $300,000 defamation trial against newspaper

Then Advocate editor-in-chief and writer testified editorial was not part of agenda against Jefferson Davis Hughes III

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Teenager dies after falling in abandoned high-rise tower in New Orleans

Jacque St Ann, 17, and his friends broke into Plaza Tower and he fell as they were descending an interior staircase

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‘Outrageous’ handcuffing of New Orleans journalist sends ‘chilling message,’ says media group

Danny Monteverde had been protesting the closure of a courtroom during indictment of state attorney general

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Louisiana sheriff retires after pleading guilty to beating podcaster who often criticized him

Randy Smith’s resignation was part of plea deal after attack on podcaster Bobby Couvillion at a Madisonville restaurant

The Guardian - US

Driver hailed for saving tourists from rip current at Louisiana beach: ‘I just locked in’

Jordan Matthew, who has no lifeguard training, rescued a young boy and two women from the dangerous current

The Guardian - US

Priest accuser hopes Texas conviction will keep him from victimizing others

Woman, who says Anthony Odiong pressured her into sex acts, says church officials failed to act when told of abuse

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Neuty the nutria, viral pet rodent whose family fought a state to keep him, dies of cancer

Condolences poured in for the Louisiana beaver-like legend who once appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show

The Guardian - US

New Orleans attorneys found guilty in plot to stage vehicle accidents for payouts

Prosecutors say they paid ‘slammers’ to intentionally crash into tractor-trailers and file fraudulent lawsuits

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US citizen chased by federal agents in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’

Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked officers following her to ‘leave me alone’

The Guardian - US

Roman grave marker found in New Orleans yard left there by US soldier’s granddaughter

Erin Scott O’Brien says grandfather Charles Paddock brought back artifact with him from second world war

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New Orleans church abuse documentary based on Guardian reporting wins top award

God As My Witness shares survivors’ stories and exposes church cover-ups as it returns to the scandal’s epicenter

The Guardian - US

Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Arsenal host Ange Postecoglou’s Nottingham Forest on Saturday before the Manchester derby on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Hurricane Katrina victim identified 20 years later: ‘finally where she belongs’

Guardian US partner WWL Louisiana called in Ray Theriot, who used utility bills, driver’s licenses and property records

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Film festival to premiere clergy sex abuse documentary partly based on Guardian reporting

God As My Witness details priest’s relationship with teen who later killed himself and other abuse allegations

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‘Shame on them’: anger and dismay from survivors over Saints clergy-abuse emails

Clergy abuse survivors and their supporters express pain over sports officials’ efforts to soften coverage of scandal

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‘Crisis communications’: emails show how NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal

Unearthed emails detail how the sports franchises’ owner and PR team counseled archdiocese on how to respond to unfolding clergy-abuse case

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Louisiana mayor arrested in connection with drug-trafficking investigation

One of US’s youngest municipal mayors charged with drug transactions and solicitation of sex work, police say

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New Orleans attacker fell into extremism after marital and financial woes

Shamsud-Din Jabbar once worked at a major accountancy, but a chaotic family life undermined his stability

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Tugboat sinks in the Mississippi River after collision with tanker ship in Louisiana

The crew of a tugboat was quickly rescued when their vessel sank into the Mississippi River following a collision with a tanker ship in Louisiana

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New Orleans priest accused of child abuse competent to proceed with trial

Lawrence Hecker, 93, self-admitted serial child molester, grapples with Alzheimer’s disease and had trial delayed

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Head of New Orleans’ embattled Catholic archdiocese offers to resign

Gregory Aymond’s offer, required because he turns 75, says he wants to stay for resolution of institution’s bankruptcy but adds it is up to Pope Francis

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New Orleans archdiocese agrees to release secret files on clergy accused of child sexual abuse

Move follows church’s 2020 bankruptcy filing, hundreds of allegations and a standoff with survivors

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Hospital gets $421m ‘landmark’ verdict after insurer found to underpay claims

Legal wrangling remains as Blue Cross Blue Shield pledges to seek reduction, if not elimination, of jury award

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New Orleans trial delayed indefinitely as priest accused of child rape hospitalized

Judge transferred the case of Lawrence Hecker, 93, to another section of state courthouse in yet another setback

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