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New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says
Read full article: New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer saysA lawyer for a worker charged with helping 10 men escape a New Orleans jail says the worker did not know about the jailbreak plan.
Search continues for 6 of 10 men who escaped from New Orleans jail, reward for info increases
Read full article: Search continues for 6 of 10 men who escaped from New Orleans jail, reward for info increasesDays after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, six of them remain on the run.
YNW Melly on trial: Judge allows prosecution’s gang expert to testify while wearing ski mask despite juror’s complaint
Read full article: YNW Melly on trial: Judge allows prosecution’s gang expert to testify while wearing ski mask despite juror’s complaintThe judge allowed a Broward Sheriff’s Office detective to hide his identity while testifying in court on Thursday during the trial of Florida rapper YNW Melly.
Homer Plessy, key to 'separate but equal,’ on road to pardon
Read full article: Homer Plessy, key to 'separate but equal,’ on road to pardonA Louisiana board has voted to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws.
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Governor offers help to Alabama towns hit by killer tornado
Read full article: Governor offers help to Alabama towns hit by killer tornado(AP Photo/Jay Reeves)FULTONDALE, Ala. – James Scott has never lived anywhere other than a two-story house on hilly Darlene Drive north of Birmingham. Home will never be the same after a tornado smashed the structure into pieces, killed another teen and left the community devastated in the middle of the night. The National Weather Service said the twister was an EF- 3 with 150 mph (241 kph) winds, capable of severely damaging well-constructed buildings. Last year, Alabama had 78 tornadoes, which was more than Kansas and Oklahoma combined. “As soon as we got in there it hit, and it all came down on top of us,” Williams said.
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Tornado leaves path of destruction in Alabama, killing 1
Read full article: Tornado leaves path of destruction in Alabama, killing 1Patti Herring sobs as she sorts through the remains of her home in Fultondale, Ala., on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, after it was destroyed by a tornado. At least 30 people were injured as the tornado carved a 10-mile (16-kilometer) path through Birmingham's northern suburbs, an area severely damaged by a much larger tornado a decade ago. Sobbing, Patti Herring was shaken and as she picked through the debris looking for a missing cat and her late mother's cherished belongings. Fultondale Fire Chief Justin McKenzie said 18 of the 30 people injured had to go to hospital. “The people of Fultondale took a hard hit last night — I’m grieved over the loss of life, injuries, homes & damaged businesses," Alabama Gov.