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A benefit raises money for 20 people injured in a shooting on Mother's Day.
more>> A benefit raises money for 20 people injured in a shooting on Mother's Day.
more>> Louisiana emergency managers say there's a mobile app for getting up-to-the-minute information from the state in an emergency.
more>> Louisiana emergency managers say there's a mobile app for getting up-to-the-minute information from the state in an emergency.more>> When people die in New Orleans, many are laid to rest at the foot of Canal St. The intersection at City Park Avenue is a sort of neighborhood of cemeteries.
more>> When people die in New Orleans, many are laid to rest at the foot of Canal St. The intersection at City Park Avenue is a sort of neighborhood of cemeteries.
more>> With a little more than a week away from the start of the hurricane season, federal forecasters predict a very busy 6 months.more>> With a little more than a week away from the start of the hurricane season, federal forecasters predict a very busy 6 months.more>> Traffic on the Causeway Bridge was briefly shut down in both directions Thursday afternoon after a four-car accident in the southbound lanes.more>> Traffic on the Causeway Bridge was briefly shut down in both directions Thursday afternoon after a four-car accident in the southbound lanes.more>> Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect says the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing all but one of the 10 LSU-run hospitals.more>> Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect says the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing all but one of the 10 LSU-run hospitals.more>> Within the next several weeks, at the mouth of Bayou St. John, a contractor will dredge a small channel to better connect the bayou with Lake Pontchartrain.
more>> Within the next several weeks, at the mouth of Bayou St. John, a contractor will dredge a small channel to better connect the bayou with Lake Pontchartrain.
more>> A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police department.more>> A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police department.more>> Harahan police and members of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office are going out weekly to hunt for the animals, which pose a danger to the community.
more>> Harahan police and members of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office are going out weekly to hunt for the animals, which pose a danger to the community.
more>> For the first time in 65 years, the building which houses Brennan's restaurant will no longer be owned by one of the city's premiere restaurant families. It was sold at auction this afternoon, in spitemore>> For the first time in 65 years, the building which houses Brennan's restaurant will no longer be owned by one of the city's premiere restaurant families. It was sold at auction this afternoon, in spitemore>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A community group in New Orleans says the city should not be allowed to get out of a court-backed agreement to reform the police department.
"Community United for Change" filed papers in federal court Wednesday opposing the city's move to vacate the agreement. Instead, the group says, the court should consider putting the New Orleans Police Department under U.S. Justice Department supervision.
The agreement was the result of long negotiations between the city and the Justice Department and will cost the city millions of dollars a year to implement.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu once backed the agreement. But last month he complained that the Justice Department in December made a separate agreement with the New Orleans sheriff for reforms at the city-funded jail - at a possible cost of $17 million.
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