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Last N.O. jail escapee captured in Atlanta
Israel, Hamas agree to pause fighting
First phase also would include release of live hostages
BY SAMY MAGDY, SAM MEDNICK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
afternoon, Atlanta Police Department Deputy Chief Kelley Collier said the arrest followed a standoff with law enforcement. An Atlanta SWAT team deployed “a number of
WASHINGTON — Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause fighting in Gaza and release at least some hostages and prisoners in an agreement that was put forward by the Trump administration and would represent the biggest breakthrough in months in the devastating two-year-old war. “This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace,” President Donald Trump wrote on social media. “All Parties will be treated fairly!” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on social media, “With God’s help we will bring them all home.” Hamas said it had agreed to a deal that will lead to the end of the war in Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the entry of aid into Gaza and the exchange of prisoners for hostages. Hamas called on Trump and the mediators to ensure that Israel implements all the provisions of the deal “without disavowal or delay in implementation of what was agreed upon.” Hamas plans to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority
ä See ESCAPEE, page 5A
ä See PAUSE, page 5A
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Media take photos Wednesday of the display at the Louisiana State Police office in downtown New Orleans showing the 10 captured inmates who broke out of prison five months ago in New Orleans.
Convicted killer Derrick Groves on the run nearly 5 months, officials say BY KASEY BUBNASH and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writers
After nearly five months on the run, convicted killer Derrick Groves was arrested Wednesday following a standoff with police in Atlanta, putting an end to a sweeping, multiagency search for the last of 10 inmates who broke out of the New Orleans jail in May. Groves, 27, was taken into custody at 1 p.m. at a home on Honeysuckle Lane in southwest Atlanta, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian
Derrick Groves is taken into custody on Wednesday in Atlanta. Fair. He was booked into Fulton County jail on a count of being a fugitive from justice, according to Fulton County Sheriff’s Office jail records. Standing outside the house at a news conference on Wednesday
Special session plans changing
for House and Congressional candidates Senate elections next year won’t have to qualify for map faces their races before the U.S. uncertain timeline Supreme Court issues its
BY TYLER BRIDGES
Staff writer
State legislators appear to have dropped plans to redraw boundaries for Louisiana’s six congressional districts when they convene in a special session on Oct. 23. Instead, they likely will only move back the election schedule to ensure that
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ruling in a much-anticipated Voting Rights Act case. That ruling could lead to a new map, so lawmakers want to make sure that candidate qualifying for the primary elections would occur afterward. “We are likely to address only the closed primary dates and wait on the
ä See SESSION, page 4A
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Murrill sues FDA over abortion pills sent by mail BY EMILY WOODRUFF Staff writer
The state of Louisiana has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to let abortion pills be sent through the mail, saying the change violates state law and puts women at risk. The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, was brought by Attorney General Liz Murrill STAFF FILE PHOTO By PATRICK WALL and a Louisiana woman named Rosalie Markezich, who alleged Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed she felt coerced to take pills her a lawsuit challenging the FDA over boyfriend ordered. It argues that abortion pills being sent through the the FDA broke federal law when mail. it removed the requirement that
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the abortion drug mifepristone be given to patients in person by a certified provider. At a news conference Wednesday, Murrill said reinstating the previous requirements “would probably fix this entire problem. They require a doctor-patient relationship. They require an ultrasound. They require an after-visit to ensure that the process has been … properly handled. They protect women.” Before 2021, the drug had to be taken in the presence of a provider in Louisiana. The in-person rule was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, then was made
ä See MURRILL, page 4A
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