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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana appeals court has thrown out the 90-year prison sentence for a drunken driver who struck nine bicycle riders near a Mardi Gras parade route in March 2019, killing two of them.

A look at a new, eclectic generation of Black country, roots and Americana artists who are blurring genre lines and forcing change within the music industry.

NASA and Boeing working on optimizing SLS stage production at MAF May 24, 2021 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and Stages prime contractor Boeing are collaborating on optimizing the production areas at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. The final assembly of the second Core Stage is underway as work expands to cover the production of multiple Core Stages and Exploration Upper Stages (EUS) for the SLS Block 1B vehicle. SLS and Boeing started a long-term factory optimization plan at the end of 2019; among the changes is a reorganization of the layout of production ar...

The conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd has given Baton Rouge attorney Ron Haley cautious optimism.  Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter. Chauvin, who is white, was seen on video pinning Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, to the ground with his knee last Memorial Day for over nine minutes after police responded to a report that Floyd used a counterfeit $20 bill. The trial drew worldwide attention, including Haley's, who is representing the family of Trayford Pellerin, the 31-year-old Black man fata...