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NFL schedule release revealed: Saints to face daunting stretch to open 2024 season

By opponents' record, the New Orleans Saints again have one of the easiest schedules in the NFL.

Rod Walker: My game-by-game predictions for Saints as they face a not-so-friendly schedule
Saints star Cam Jordan finds fault with how the NFL handled his team's 2024 schedule

'A different department.' NOPD's progress on policing bias could start end of consent decree.

Two men indicted in $55 million Medicare fraud scheme at labs in and beyond New Orleans

Will Nyx Mardi Gras parade be cut from 2025 schedule? New Orleans City Council will vote.

Rod Walker: My game-by-game predictions for Saints as they face a not-so-friendly schedule

Remember how friendly we all thought the Saints’ schedule was in 2023?

New Orleans staged-crash scheme may not be dead even after killing of federal witness, feds say

In detention hearing for man accused of killing federal witness, FBI agent says search turned up new evidence.

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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…

Mardi Gras

Will Nyx Mardi Gras parade be cut from 2025 schedule? New Orleans City Council will vote.

The fate of the controversial Mystic Krewe of Nyx will hang in the balance Thursday, when th…

Local Politics

Legislator quietly pushes financial benefits for new Louisiana gaming control board chair

A Democratic state legislator is quietly pushing through the Legislature a bill at the behes…

Business News

Two New Orleans law firms tapped to represent Maryland in Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

Two New Orleans-based law firms were selected by the Maryland Attorney General to help repre…

Business News

One of New Orleans' oldest construction firms is planning a big expansion in Jefferson Parish

One of New Orleans' most prominent construction firms is planning a major expansion in Jeffe…

Business News

Port of New Orleans CEO's new gig: running a railroad in Florida

Port of New Orleans CEO Brandy Christian, who announced her resignation on Tuesday, will be …

Sports

A third LSU gymnastics senior announces decision to return to Tigers for 2025 season

Alyona Shchennikova just couldn’t let it end this way.

Angel Reese found a rhythm in the second half of her WNBA debut. Here's how she fared.

Angel Reese earned a spot in coach Teresa Weatherspoon’s starting lineup Wednesday in her WNBA debut, a road game that her Chicago Sky team lost 87-79 to the Dallas Wings.

LSU football has finally added another transfer defensive tackle to the Tigers' roster

After a month of searching for defensive tackles, LSU added a commitment Wednesday night from Grand Valley State transfer Jay’viar Suggs.

A long-awaited project to light the Crescent City Connection has finally gotten underway, with crews working to install thousands of programmable bulbs that will have the bridge glowing before New Orleans hosts the Super Bowl in February 2025.

Two New Orleans law firms tapped to represent Maryland in Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

Two New Orleans-based law firms were selected by the Maryland Attorney General to help represent that state in what is expected to be a years-long tangle of lawsuits over the fatal bridge collapse in Baltimore earlier this year.

$333-a-day fine threats, residents cursing out the mayor: Killian's water debacle boils over

More than three weeks into a boil water advisory over brown, silty water, leaders of the Livingston Parish town of Killian are facing the threat of daily fines from Louisiana regulators and furious residents chewing them out in public meetings.

Special Reports

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…

The Last Days of Isle de Jean Charles

When Native Americans settled on Isle de Jean Charles in the early 1800s, it was less an isl…

Special report: Suffering So Young in Louisiana

Suffering So Young: A child welfare system in crisis

New analysis shows 740 chemical sites in Louisiana are at risk from storms. Are they ready?

For days after Hurricane Ida, Chandra Straw’s New Orleans neighborhood was choked by waves o…

Entertainment

Will Nyx Mardi Gras parade be cut from 2025 schedule? New Orleans City Council will vote.

The fate of the controversial Mystic Krewe of Nyx will hang in the balance Thursday, when the New Orleans City Council plans to vote to deny or extend its parade permit.

Scot Pilié, former Weather Channel meteorologist, is returning to New Orleans TV news

Meteorologist Scot Pilié is returning to local ABC affiliate WGNO-TV on a part-time basis, he announced Tuesday via social media.

The behind-the-scenes story of how Irma Thomas sang with the Rolling Stones at Jazz Fest

On the evening of April 30, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival producer Quint Davis called Irma Thomas with an urgent query.

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Guest column: Don't rob Black boys of their childhood

Black boys are often denied the privilege of a carefree childhood. From an early age, they are burdened with the weight of adult expectations and subjected to harmful perceptions that strip away their innocence and individuality.