A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.
A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
The ban doesn’t apply to federal waters off the Louisiana coast, but state Attorney General Liz Murrill is challenging the action she calls “blatantly illegal.” ...