Seven victims of the New Year’s Day Bourbon Street attack have filed a lawsuit against the City of New Orleans and city contractors. The lawsuit claims the defendants ignored repeated warnings about security risks. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says it’s an interesting angle.
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With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras happening in New Orleans in the coming weeks, the New Orleans Police Department is bringing in a renowned security expert to recommend strategies to prevent another attack. Former New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was introduced yesterday and said he’s bringing in a team of experts.
Cut 13 (10) “…and counterterrorism issues.”
Southeastern Louisiana University is once again involved in a project where they use discarded Christmas Trees to aid in Louisiana wetlands restoration. Rob Moreau, manager of Southeastern’s Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station says they deploy the trees into areas needed most in the Manchac Swamp Wetlands…
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Approximately 45-thousand trees have been deployed through the Southeastern program in the past 29 years.
The sixth ranked LSU Lady Tigers are now 18-and-0 after Kailyn Gilbert made a difficult shot in the lane with less than a second left to beat 16th ranked Tennessee 89 to 87 in Knoxville. Coach Kim Mulkey says they wanted Gilbert to take that shot…
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Gilbert finished with 22 points.