Saturday, November 16, 2024

Suit: Cops killed autistic teen by sitting on him, chokehold

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sheriff's deputies sat on a shackled, obese, severely autistic 16-year-old boy for nine minutes and put a chokehold on him for part of that time until he died, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday against the sheriff and seven deputies in the death one year …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Judge drops suit since Corps reconsidering plastics complex

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a Taiwan-based conglomerate’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana because the Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering its permit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Judge drops suit since Corps reconsidering plastics complex

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a Taiwan-based conglomerate’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana because the Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering its permit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Restoring longleaf pines, keystone of once vast ecosystems

DESOTO NATIONAL FOREST, Miss. (AP) — When European settlers came to North America, fire-dependent savannas anchored by lofty pines with footlong needles covered much of what became the southern United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Restoring longleaf pines, keystone of once vast ecosystems

DESOTO NATIONAL FOREST, Miss. (AP) — When European settlers came to North America, fire-dependent savannas anchored by lofty pines with footlong needles covered much of what became the southern United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

United: CDC looks into death of man on flight from Florida

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — United Airlines has given information about other passengers to federal health officials after a man who possibly had coronavirus-like symptoms died shortly after being on a flight, the airline said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Corps suspends $9.4B plastics complex permit for review

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers has suspended its permit for a Chinese conglomerate’s $9.4 billion plastics complex on a technicality but says it may also review other aspects of the permit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Corps suspends $9.4B plastics complex permit for review

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers has suspended its permit for a Chinese conglomerate’s $9.4 billion plastics complex on a technicality but says it may also review other aspects of the permit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Calls for independent investigation of Black teen's death

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Activists and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana are calling for an independent investigation into the death of a Black 15-year-old whose body was found several days after he was reported missing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Army Corps reconsidering permit for $9.4B plastics complex

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether potential environmental impacts require it to change, suspend or revoke the permit for a $9.4 billion plastics complex planned in Louisiana by a Taiwan company, U.S. Department of Justice lawyers said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Some areas protected as Formosa's Louisiana work continues

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Taiwan-based company and opponents to plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex have agreed that site preparation can continue except in wetlands and in five known or possible sites of enslaved people’s graves.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Some areas protected as Formosa's Louisiana work continues

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Taiwan-based company and opponents to plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex have agreed that site preparation can continue except in wetlands and in five known or possible sites of enslaved people’s graves.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Army Corps reconsidering permit for $9.4B plastics complex

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether potential environmental impacts require it to change, suspend or revoke the permit for a $9.4 billion plastics complex planned in Louisiana by a Taiwan company, U.S. Department of Justice lawyers said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Suit: Feds ignore risk of huge spills to endangered species

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Environmental groups asked a federal court Wednesday to throw out the Trump administration's assessment of oil and gas activity’s likely effects on endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it dismisses the chance of another disastrous blowout like the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Suit: Feds ignore risk of huge spills to endangered species

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Environmental groups asked a federal court Wednesday to throw out the Trump administration's assessment of oil and gas activity’s likely effects on endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it dismisses the chance of another disastrous blowout like the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Judge continues halt of California's ban on gator products

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — California’s ban on selling alligator products probably violates federal laws and the state cannot enforce it while various legal challenges remain in court, a federal judge has ruled.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Judge continues halt of California's ban on gator products

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — California’s ban on selling alligator products probably violates federal laws and the state cannot enforce it while various legal challenges remain in court, a federal judge has ruled.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Only on AP: Pepper-sprayed inmates reach $177K settlement

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A private prison in northeast Louisiana must pay a total of $177,500 to five former inmates of that prison whose faces were pepper-sprayed while they were handcuffed and kneeling in 2016.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO