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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Chris Kenning
• On May 16, 10 men escaped from the Orleans Justice Center, the main jail in New Orleans. • The manhunt to catch the escapees has cost the city of New Orleans alone $500,000. • The state legislature in Louisiana has approved $1.8 million for expenses. • The escape was one of America's largest and most brazen in recent memory and set off a fresh round of soul-searching over New Orleans’ troubled history of incarceration. NEW ORLEANS – They waited until after midnight to make their move.
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1 month ago |
usatoday.com | Chris Kenning
• On May 16, 10 inmates escaped from New Orleans jail, officially known as the Orleans Justice Center. • As of May 23, five of the 10 escapees remained at large, with a massive manhunt underway to apprehend them. • As Memorial Day weekend begins, some residents are fearful to hold traditional holiday events. • Now, their fear and anger is turning toward a demand for accountablity.
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1 month ago |
usatoday.com | Chris Kenning
• On May 16, 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Prison. • As of May 21, five have been recaptured and are being held at the maximum-security Louisiana State Penitentiary. • All of the escapees were facing serious criminal charges, including some on charges of first- and second-degree murder. • On May 21, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams said the potential threats from the escapees led two of his prosecutors to leave the state for their own safety.
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1 month ago |
usatoday.com | Chris Kenning |Michael Loria
• On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV. • He was born in Chicago and raised on the South side of town. • Many Americans, particularly in Chicago, have reveled in his reputation for standing up for the disenfranchised and his relatable roots. CHICAGO – At St. Mary of the Assumption school in Chicago’s southern suburbs, Robert Prevost was quiet, kind and studious. Mostly, he wanted to be a priest.
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1 month ago |
thegleaner.com | Chris Kenning
FOSTER, West Virginia— Robert Cash, a third-generation coal miner, prays each morning with his fellow miners before going underground for a long shift. In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving up its coal to pay rare six-figure salaries. But their prayers ask that they return safely to the surface. While fatal accidents have fallen over the years, cases of black lung disease resurged in the last two decades. It has laid low colleagues and neighbors.
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