A walk in the Lower Ninth Ward

Last week, I took a long-awaited vacation to New Orleans, a city that has long figured in my imagination. In addition to covering a court hearing and doing some of the usual tourist stuff, I had another objective: I wanted to see firsthand what has happened in the Lower Ninth Ward since the community was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Attorneys for Burke, Guedry ask appeals court to dismiss Newman case

After hearing oral arguments Wednesday, a three-judge federal appeals panel will decide whether a Beaumont man can bring to civil trial the two Beaumont police officers whose use of force against him more than five years ago resulted in a set of community-dividing criminal trials.

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