KENNER, La. (AP) — Authorities in a New Orleans suburb say a man who was distraught over the recent slaying of his 18-year-old son shot his 3-year-old son to death and then shot himself. Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said the child was dead when police officers arrived at the house where the shooting occurred Wednesday night. The father was …
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As Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain-scrambled parade schedule in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends of elaborate parades. Three parades were scheduled to roll Friday night with no weather complications expected. But flood-threatening rains were in the forecast for Saturday. City officials …
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