Aug 28 Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies, taking aim on the Louisiana coast; evacuations underway By Roby Chavez Large portions of southern Louisiana could see 10 to 15 inches of rain, winds up to 140 m.p.h. and a tidal surge up to 15 feet. Continue reading
Aug 28 Live Map: Track the path of Hurricane Ida By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters and utility crews mobilized Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and made a shambles of the electrical grid. Continue reading
Aug 27 WATCH: New Orleans officials give news briefing on Tropical Storm Ida By Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned. Continue reading
Aug 19 COVID is back for an encore in New Orleans, and musicians face an uncertain future By Roby Chavez How do you let the good times roll when the coronavirus is back for a fourth wave with the delta variant?… Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 7:38 New POV doc explores the history of Confederate statues — and why they divide us By PBS NewsHour Comedian and journalist C.J. Hunt joins to discuss his new POV documentary, “The Neutral Ground,” which explores the burning issues of Confederate statues. The documentary, which airs on PBS on Monday, follows the removal of four of Confederate statues in… Continue watching
May 08 Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88 By Hillel Italie, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ’n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 7:57 The ‘disproportionate, inequitable justice’ of non-unanimous jury verdicts By PBS NewsHour For more on the issue of split-verdict juries from our signature segment, wrongful convictions, and the inequities in the American criminal justice system, New Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams joined Hari Sreenivasan to discuss, including what happens to those… Continue watching
Feb 16 Canceled parades and closed bars make for muted Mardi Gras By Kevin McGill, Associated Press Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all were expected to prevent what New Orleans usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season. Continue reading
Jan 27 With no Mardi Gras parades, New Orleans transforms houses into ‘floats’ By Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press All around New Orleans, thousands of houses are being decorated as floats because the coronavirus outbreak canceled the elaborate parades. Continue reading
Nov 17 New Orleans cancels Mardi Gras parades for virus By Associated Press The raucous Mardi Gras parades where riders on elaborate floats toss trinkets to adoring throngs have been canceled in New Orleans because the close-packed crowds could spread the coronavirus. Continue reading