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New Orleans struggles to keep up with stray animal population amid budget talks
Amid budget cuts, other animal shelters are struggling to keep up with the growing stray animal population.
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4mBlack detective tasked with finding kidnapped white toddler in 1870s New Orleans
At the center of the disappearance is John Baptiste Jourdain, one of the first Black detectives in the U.S.
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15mTrump policies on the menu as New Orleans restaurants team up to aid ACLU of Louisiana
More than 20 local restaurants are prepping their menus to partner as ‘Chefs for Justice’ in bid to protect civil liberties, immigrant rights from Trump administration.
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16mCrescent City Farmers Market is ‘producers only.’ But some vendors raise questions about the origin of products.
In March, a group of Crescent City Farmers Market vendors accused a large new vendor of offering food it did not produce. The vendor, Mississippi-based Two Dog Farms, denies that it is violating the market’s producers-only policy.
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4mJazz drummer Frank Lastie leaves musical stamp on his children, but son, Walter "Popee" Lastie, followed his footsteps
Frank Lastie's talent on drums was handed down to his son, Walter "Popee" Lastie, but he also passed the musical gene to trumpeter Melvin, saxophonist David and pianist Betty Ann.
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14mUniversity Medical Center firing violated city ‘ban the box’ law, attorneys say
Devon Jones and his attorneys claim that his April firing from the hospital was based solely on his criminal record, potentially in violation of the ‘ban the box’ ordinance, which was meant to give formerly incarcerated people better access to job opportunities.