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An Unlikely Army of Militia and Pirates Shocked the World by Defeating the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans
On the morning of January 8, 10,000 British troops attacked Chalmette, just outside of New Orleans. In 30 minutes, they were shot into oblivion by Jackson’s ragtag army. The British suffered ...
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Remembering the Thibodaux massacre, a bloody chapter in U.S. labor history
After the cutters went on strike in 1887, the state militia and white vigilantes retaliated by killing about 60 suspected ...
Federal appeals court says ban on 18-year-olds buying handguns is unconstitutional
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling that the federal law infringes on the Second Amendment rights of 18- to 20-year-olds.
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As New Orleans recovers from terror attack, locals ask how warning signs were missed
Laura Barron-Lopez (voice-over): Strains of music once again drifted through New Orleans French Quarter while bouncers checked IDs and patted people down. But even as people returned to bustling ...
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New Orleans New Year’s Day ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police say a person who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans early Wednesday was hell-bent on creating carnage.