July 14, 2016
Civil rights groups and activists sued Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies over their treatment of protesters rallying against the police shooting death of a black man, saying officers used excessive force and physically and verbally abused peaceful demonstrators. The lawsuit, …
August 25, 2015
As people search for words to describe New Orleans’ recovery a decade after Hurricane Katrina, they sometimes use words verging on the Biblical — an economic and cultural resurrection, a rising from the ashes. Helped by billions of dollars in …
January 31, 2008
On a Maplewood, N.J. hilltop with breathtaking views of New York’s skyline, sharpshooters perched in trees took aim Tuesday at white-tailed deer, a species being crowded out of one of the nation’s most densely populated areas. The problem is common …
July 2, 2007
The state is suing more than a hundred companies, including manufacturers and marketers of a widely used gasoline additive, saying they harmed natural resources such as groundwater, environmental officials said. “We are committed to holding accountable those polluters whose actions …