Articles by Richard Fausset Page 2

884 articles since 1999

Courtroom rampage trial begins

National | By Richard Fausset | September 23, 2008
It was a normal day of judicial proceedings,” prosecutor Kellie Hill told the jury Monday. Read more
 

GOP joke, but an all-American job

National | By Richard Fausset | September 18, 2008
The elementary school moms didn’t ask a lot of questions about this man Bill. Read more
 

Troy Anthony Davis’ execution stands, Georgia parole board says

National | By Richard Fausset | September 13, 2008
Georgia’s parole board on Friday denied clemency for a man set to be put to death for killing a police officer, even though seven of the nine witnesses who testified against him have since changed their stories. Read more
 

Back home, waiting again for disaster

National | By Richard Fausset | September 2, 2008
The dregs of Hurricane Gustav are beating down on my parents’ house tonight. Read more
 

Immigrant raid splits Miss. town

National | By Miguel Bustillo and Richard Fausset | August 31, 2008
Fabiola Pena considered running away from her factory job when she realized she was being targeted in a federal immigration raid. Read more
 

Flee Gustav or you’re on your own, city says

National | By David Zucchino and Richard Fausset | August 30, 2008
With the latest forecasts predicting that Hurricane Gustav could strike New Orleans as soon as Labor Day, city leaders warned Friday that anyone who failed to evacuate would find no government-provided shelter. Read more
 

Their travail agency

National | By Richard Fausset | August 16, 2008
All around Mario Romero’s strip-mall travel agency, this immigrant neighborhood was alive with commercial traffic, all of it moving to a clave rhythm clunking from an outdoor speaker. Read more
 

Religious freedom won’t be sacrificed

National | By Richard Fausset | August 11, 2008
Jesus Suarez, a Santeria priest, had slit the throat of one goat that June afternoon. Read more
 

Mississippi moves to improve autopsy system

National | By Richard Fausset | August 6, 2008
The state of Mississippi moved Tuesday to improve what critics have called one of the nation’s most poorly monitored criminal autopsy systems – one that may have resulted in two innocent men spending years in prison. Read more
 

Tax rebate checks are swallowed by economic malaise

National | By Stephen Braun, P J. Huffstutter, and Richard Fausset | July 28, 2008
It is better than nothing. Read more
 
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