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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Evictions in Louisiana could spike despite aid

By Melinda Deslatte Jun. 25, 2021 12:17 PM EDT

Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Ludacris to play New Orleans Jazz Fest

By Chevel Johnson Jun. 24, 2021 04:11 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, Ludacris, The Isley Brothers, Melissa Etheridge and Trombone Shorty are among the acts slated to take the...

Settlement avoids trial in 2011 Katrina trash lawsuit

By Kevin Mcgill Jun. 21, 2021 01:00 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A decade-old lawsuit over the awarding of waste disposal contracts following Hurricane Katrina has been settled, avoiding a Monday trial and...

A stiff breeze across the Mississippi Sound attracts resting sea gulls on old pilings, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Ocean Springs, Miss. Tropical Storm Claudette brought much evening and early morning rain and left a stiff breeze along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Major damage to Alabama mobile home park amid tropical storm

By Kevin Mcgill And Russ Bynum Jun. 19, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

A man takes a photo of waves crashing into what once was a dock for a ferry that transported people from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian, Miss., as a tropical system moves toward the Mississippi Coast on Friday, June 18, 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. (Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP)
Tropical weather lashes Gulf Coast with brisk winds, rain

By Kevin Mcgill And Jeff Martin Jun. 18, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

FILE - New Orleans Pelicans head coach Stan Van Gundy calls out from the bench in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in New Orleans, in this Wednesday, April 14, 2021, file photo. The Knicks won 116-106. Stan Van Gundy is out as Pelicans coach following just one season at the helm, a person familiar with the situation said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday, June 16, 2021, because the move has not been publicly announced. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
New York Knicks at New Orleans Pelicans 4/14/2021

Jun. 16, 2021 11:38 AM EDT

FILE - New Orleans Pelicans head coach Stan Van Gundy calls out from the bench in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in New Orleans, in this Wednesday, April 14, 2021, file photo. The Knicks won 116-106. Stan Van Gundy is out as Pelicans coach following just one season at the helm, a person familiar with the situation said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday, June 16, 2021, because the move has not been publicly announced. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy out after 1 season at helm

By Brett Martel Jun. 16, 2021 11:26 AM EDT

Voodoo Fest in New Orleans canceled for 2nd straight year

Jun. 11, 2021 11:04 AM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For the second year in a row, organizers have canceled a Halloween weekend music festival in New Orleans. Last year’s...

From left, 7-year-old Russell Bright, 5-year-old Tucker Bright, and dad Adam Bright pose for a picture at Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson, La., Monday, June 7, 2021. Tests of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine started Monday in Louisiana for children ages 5 through 11. (AP Photo/Stacey Plaisance)
Kids 5 and up get shots in tests for COVID vaccine

By Stacey Plaisance Jun. 07, 2021 07:32 PM EDT

Sheriff, watchdog group at odds over confidential calls

By Kevin Mcgill Jun. 07, 2021 12:49 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A watchdog group is calling on New Orleans jail officials to do more to assure that inmates can have private conversations with attorneys. ...

Supporters of Tony Spell, pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church of Central City, La., listen to speakers outside the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Monday, June 7, 2021. Spell, who flouted coronavirus restrictions last year, prepared Monday to ask the court to revive his lawsuit challenging the restrictions. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Pastor seeks revival of suit challenging virus restrictions

By Kevin Mcgill Jun. 07, 2021 12:04 PM EDT

12 past winners of Louisiana seafood cooking contest compete

Jun. 06, 2021 09:46 AM EDT
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — With Louisiana's coronavirus pandemic restrictions canceled, a dozen past winners will compete against each other in person this month in...

Judge: COVID was reason for jail to go from books to tablets

May. 31, 2021 10:15 AM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials at a Louisiana jail reacted reasonably to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking away printed books and giving inmates tablets on which...

Parades and all-night drinking coming back in New Orleans

By Kevin Mcgill May. 26, 2021 06:57 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — All-night alcohol sales are coming back and a ban on parades is being lifted in New Orleans as coronavirus vaccine rates improve and...

Senate Finance Chairman Bodi White, R-Central, left, and Sen. Ronnie Johns, R-Lake Charles, ready for a discussion of the Senate's budget proposal in a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday, May 24, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Louisiana Senate releases $37B budget proposal for next year

By Melinda Deslatte May. 24, 2021 06:36 PM EDT

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Stan Van Gundy reacts during a late run in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in New Orleans, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The Pelicans won 108-103. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Williamson, Griffin, offer different views of Pelicans' play

By Brett Martel May. 17, 2021 07:27 PM EDT

Louisiana challenge to 2020 expanded balloting dies in court

By Kevin Mcgill May. 17, 2021 05:01 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Monday declined to review last year’s decision by a federal judge that expanded early voting and mail balloting in...

Madeline Raskay, right, and Aldany Diaz, third from left, wear face masks while walking along the Atlanta BeltLine in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward community, Friday, May 14, 2021. Both of them say they are fully vaccinated but still prefer to wear face masks in while out in public. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Some aren't ready to give up masks despite new CDC guidance

By Jay Reeves May. 16, 2021 08:03 AM EDT

Barefaced, footloose: New Orleans eases masking, OKs dancing

By Kevin Mcgill May. 14, 2021 05:02 PM EDT
People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can go mask-free in most of New Orleans, Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced Friday. And, they can celebrate by...

A banner designed last year for the Kayhi Class of 2020 by Ketchikan artist Matt Hamilton is on display at the intersection of Jefferson Way and Tongass Avenue in Ketchikan, Alaska on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Restaurants, bars and gyms in the Alaska port town of Ketchikan have been asked to close as officials attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19 after the city's pandemic risk level was raised to its highest level. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
The Latest: New Mexico adopts CDC guidance on facemasks

By The Associated Press May. 14, 2021 02:27 AM EDT