New Orleans now has seen more snow than New York City, other notable northern towns
January 25 was National Opposite Day, but the weather got a head start on that last week. Florida absolutely shattered its statewide snow record. New Orleans got buried in eight inches of snow as well.
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Bird flu isn’t an immediate health threat in New York. But preparations have begun.
No human cases of bird flu have been confirmed in New York, but the virus has emerged among animals. Public health leaders are preparing, just in case.
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Does Louisiana have Swedish connections? Curious Louisiana finds out.
In fact, Cecilia Kjellgren, the honorary Swedish consul for Louisiana, counts it as one of the highlights of Louisiana's Swedish culture. Though her district also includes Mississippi and Alabama, Kjellgren is based in New Orleans.
Bird flu isn't an immediate health threat in New York, but preparations have begun
As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making preparations in case the virus becomes a more immediate threat.
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Memorials, tributes and donations pour in for New Orleans attack victims. What to know
"He was the city slicker ... told the New York Times that Kareem, the youngest of three children, was very social and had joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. “He was a lovely boy,” his father said. Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana ...
43 states under cold weather alerts, blizzard warning in parts of Texas and Louisiana
About 265 million Americans, or nearly 80% of the population, are under cold weather alerts on Tuesday, as dangerous temperatures are felt in at least 43 states.
Storm drops rare snow — and lots of it — on New Orleans and other cities across the South
The storm prompted the first-ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border, and snowplows were at the ready in the Florida Panhandle.
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Lost opera from New Orleans-born Black composer will premiere 138 years after completion
New Orleanians Givonna Joseph and Patrick Quigley were guests of honor Wednesday at a small gathering on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
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York Creative Arts District event gives adults a chance to get their prom on
The York Creative Arts District will present the Mardi Gras Adult Prom on March 1 at the City Auditorium. Tickets are available at
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Roc Nation chose Kendrick Lamar, not Lil Wayne, for Super Bowl halftime show. Here's why.
Roc Nation’s founder is a rapper, but that doesn’t mean the Super Bowl won’t ever present rock or country. Perez noted that Jay-Z’s wife, Beyoncé, has collaborated with country icon Dolly Parton, and that Reba McEntire sang the national anthem at last year’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
Here are some of the deadliest plane crashes in US history
Here are some of the deadliest commercial plane crashes in the U.S. since the Air Florida disaster according to reports from the NTSB
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While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused