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Days after attack, Carnival season kicks off with Twelfth Night parades
Days after a man killed 14 and injured dozens more in a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street, hundreds gathered blocks away in ...
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Biden’s sweeping drilling ban skips Western Gulf, nation’s hotspot for oil and spills
The ban will prohibit future oil and gas leasing in federal waters off the East and West coasts, in parts of the Bering Sea ...
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Council to hold first meeting on Bourbon truck attack
The New Orleans City Council will discuss the city’s security measures — and lack of barricades — during deadly attack on New ...
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Jarvis DeBerry: Quick return to revelry ‘wasn’t done with the interests of residents in mind’
As the city prepares to host two of the biggest events of the year — the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, one right after the other ...
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Biden meets with victims’ families in New Orleans, attends prayer service and visits memorial
President Joe Biden is taking a message to the grieving families of victims in the deadly New Year's attack in New Orleans: ...
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An aspiring nurse, a football star, a single mother and a father of 2 killed in New Orleans attack
Officials have not yet released the names of those killed in the New Orleans New Year's Day truck attack, but families and ...
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Driver rams New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street, killing 15; FBI doesn’t believe he acted alone
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on ...
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The Catholic Institution ‘existed in the face of slavery, racism and segregation’
The Société Catholique pour L’instruction des Orphelins dans l’indigence, or Catholic Institution, was located at the corner of Touro and Dauphine Streets in Faubourg Marigny. Marie Justine Couvent, a ...
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Why do black-eyed peas symbolize new year’s luck? Here’s the origin story.
Looking for good luck and prosperity in 2025? Eat black-eyed peas with collard greens – or cabbage – and a slice of cornbread ...
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Bourbon Street attack resources: For survivors, victims and volunteers
The Greater New Orleans Foundation has established a fund to assist victims and survivors and is seeking donations. The fund ...
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After deadly New Year’s Day attack, New Orleanians grieve and find ways to help
The attack took place as New Orleans was gearing up for peak tourism season, and local and state officials have tried to ...
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FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone, was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group
The U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers acted alone, the FBI said Thursday.