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The jury began deliberating shortly after 4 p.m. Friday, following a day largely spent hearing closing arguments.
The jury deliberated for about 30 minutes before finding Derrick Fairley guilty of second-degree murder.
New Orleans firefighters and city officials are headed to trial over a directive requiring firefighters to take on higher-level duties without additional pay.
A former New Orleans teacher was sentenced to 33 years in federal prison after being convicted of sex trafficking a child and coercion.
Arsenio Adams was sentenced to life in prison for a 2019 shooting that killed Sterling Woods and wounded two others and a dog.
Prosecutors allege Alfortish paid Parker to kill Cornelius Garrison, an FBI informant in a sprawling staged-crash insurance fraud scheme.
New Orleans attorney Tanzanika Ruffin, who planned to run for judge, pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in…