Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press

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Appeals court: Separate, distinct minority groups can't join together to claim vote dilution

Appeals court: Separate, distinct minority groups can't join together to claim vote dilution

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Distinct minority groups cannot join together in coalitions to claim their votes are diluted in redistricting cases under the Voting Rights Act, a divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday, acknowledging that it was reversing years of its own precedent.

A popular tour guide's death leads to more scrutiny of border issues

A popular tour guide's death leads to more scrutiny of border issues

Kristie Thibodeaux's gunfire death made headlines first because it happened in the French Quarter -- New Orleans' oldest neighborhood and a place where residents of historic homes and owners of tourist-dependent restaurants and clubs have long worried about recurring violent crime.

A US judge is reining in the use of strip searches amid a police scandal in Louisiana's capital city

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The use of strip searches by police in Louisiana's capital city was reined in Friday by a federal judge who said the policy under which Baton Rouge officers perform such searches on people who haven't been arrested is "unconstitutional on its face."