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10 Years After Katrina
The New Orleans of 2015 has been altered, and not just by nature. In some ways, it is booming as never before. In others, it is returning to pre-Katrina realities of poverty and violence, but with a new sense of dislocation for many, too.
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U.S. Stock Markets Rally as Global Indexes Show Signs of Stability
By PETER EAVIS, NEIL GOUGH and DAVID JOLLY
The major American indexes are higher in midafternoon trading after big swings dominated trading of stocks in Shanghai.
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Bryce Williams, Virginia Shooting Suspect, Dies
By HAWES SPENCER, KATIE ROGERS, ALAN BLINDER and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Alison Parker, a reporter for WDBJ7, and Adam Ward, a photographer, were killed as they reported from a mall on live TV. The suspect was a former colleague.
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From the Bench, a New Look at Punishment
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Some federal judges are questioning minimum sentences and giving fresh consideration to expunging convictions that they say are holding defendants back.
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St. Paul’s Student Takes the Stand, Denying Rape
By JESS BIDGOOD
Owen Labrie painted an upbeat self-portrait in his testimony, highlighting his achievements and plans to attend Harvard that stood in contrast to sexual messages read out in court.
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