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Man found at Bourbon Street strip club, arrested in fatal French Quarter shooting

A man was detained at a Bourbon Street strip club and arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that shut down a busy French Quarter intersection just a few blocks away Sunday night.

Louisiana native Jon Batiste embraces florals at 2024 Met Gala. See his outfit.

Slidell teen who filmed mom's arrest wins in court. Here's how much sheriff will pay.

It turns out there won't be a reunion between offensive lineman Andrus Peat and the Saints

Bad Bunny stuns at 2024 Met Gala hours before New Orleans concert. Here's what he wore.

Bad Bunny is booked and busy.

Louisiana's first 2024 heat wave is coming with highs above 90. See your city's forecast.

Louisiana will see its first heat wave of 2024 this week in an interruption of spring weather, National Weather Service forecasters predict.

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Police shut down pro-Palestinian encampment at Tulane University; 14 arrested

Fourteen protesters were arrested Wednesday morning after police moved in on the pro-Palesti…

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More than seafood goes in the boiling pot at this new festival on New Orleans lakefront

Part of the success of the National Fried Chicken Festival is the way it presents so many di…

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Small insurers are growing in Louisiana. Will more go insolvent after the next big storm?

The dozen insurers that failed after two busy hurricane seasons left hundreds of thousands o…

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Blakely Estevez celebrates remission after Wilms Tumor

After trying to get pregnant for more than a year, Abigail Estevez and her husband, Blake, w…

Crime/Police

Jeff Landry, Louisiana lawmakers went too far on permitless concealed carry, poll shows

Results of Advocate/Times-Picayune poll show electorate wary of law that takes effect in July.

Local Politics

Louisiana voters don't care about rewriting state's constitution, poll shows. Here's why.

Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing hard for state legislators to convene a special convention next …

Sports

LSU's Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth take second in big pre-Olympic competition in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil — Former LSU beach volleyball players Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth won the silver medal Sunday in the Brasilia Elite 16 tournament as they continue their preparations to represent the United States in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

It turns out there won't be a reunion between offensive lineman Andrus Peat and the Saints

Andrus Peat's nine-year run with the New Orleans Saints is almost officially over.

Tulane gets starting left tackle out of the transfer portal

Tulane found its starting left offensive tackle with the commitment of Derrick Graham out of the transfer portal on Monday.

Business

Foes of proposed St. John grain terminal ask court to kill parish's zoning change

Opponents of a plan to build a controversial $225 million grain export terminal on the west bank of St. John the Baptist Parish have returned to court to try to overturn a decision rezoning the project site for industrial use.

A Louisiana town is no longer trucking in water. But the long-term problems still aren't clear.

Water is running in the town of Killian again without the 'water shuttle' that was costing Livingston Parish $30,000 a day, a parish official said.

New Orleans area business groups demand tighter gun restrictions in French Quarter

A coalition of New Orleans area business groups, including the city's main tourism marketing organization, have joined the call to exclude the French Quarter and downtown New Orleans from a new law that will allow people to carry concealed firearms without a permit starting in July.

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Louisiana 2050: What you need to know about our vanishing coast

The newspaper’s project examining the future of south Louisiana at a time of climate change,…

Watch: What's Louisiana's future by 2050 with rising sea levels, land loss?

Louisiana 2050: Rising sea levels will upend life and bring new risk to the state over the n…

Death penalty in Louisiana

Almost all of Louisiana's death row inmates filed for clemency on Tuesday morning, meaning t…

Many New Orleans senior citizens face poverty, food insecurity, report finds

As the cost of living continues to rise across the New Orleans region, many older adults are…

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Louisiana native Jon Batiste embraces florals at 2024 Met Gala. See his outfit.

Louisiana native and Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste walked the red carpet at the Met Gala in New York City once again on Monday night, showing off in a bold suit with a nod to this year's theme.

Bad Bunny stuns at 2024 Met Gala hours before New Orleans concert. Here's what he wore.

Bad Bunny is booked and busy.

This intimate painting of mother and child was revolutionary for its time. See it at NOMA.

In this series, Lagniappe presents works from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator.

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Walt Handelsman: Virtual graduations 2024

Letters: System that makes it easy for teens to carry guns is bankrupt

In a time when blood and tears flow in our cities and towns in Louisiana, how can our government officials and system be so compromised, broken and confused to allow 18-year-olds and older to carry guns without permits?

Clancy DuBos: Gov. Jeff Landry’s constitutional 'refresh' faces hurdles

Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan for a limited, rapid-fire constitutional convention will face its biggest test Tuesday afternoon, when the governor once again tries to convince two-thirds of the House of Representatives to support his controversial proposal, which has drawn pushback from lawmakers a…

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