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Black man behind “separate but equal” ruling is pardoned

January 5, 2022 at 11:58 a.m.

Louisiana's governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1892 led to the Supreme Court ruling that...

Homer Plessy, key to U.S. Supreme Court’s “separate but equal” ruling, on road to pardon

November 12, 2021 at 1:04 p.m.

A Louisiana board on Friday voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a “whites-only" railroad car to protest discrimination led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate...

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Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles

August 30, 2021 at 7:33 a.m.

Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, while across southeast Louisiana residents waited for daylight to be rescued from floodwaters and see...

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power

August 29, 2021 at 10:13 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing...

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Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary

August 27, 2021 at 10:40 a.m.

Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category...

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As Hurricane Sally chugs to coast, Gulf residents get ready

September 14, 2020 at 10:32 a.m.

Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents rushed to finish last-minute preparations Monday as Tropical Storm Sally chugged slowly through warm Gulf waters. Forecasters predicted landfall as a hurricane, and said the biggest...

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With quirks and restrictions, many states lift coronavirus lockdowns

May 2, 2020 at 12:45 p.m.

More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their...

Lost to coronavirus: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85

April 2, 2020 at 9:38 a.m.

Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday after battling pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, leaving six sons...

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As Barry approaches, New Orleans residents debate evacuation

July 12, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Residents who survived Katrina remember the heartaches and hardships that befell them -- whether they fled their homes or rode it out.

Invasive, noxious treefrogs that eat smaller frogs and grow to be as big as a human fist have established a population in New Orleans

May 1, 2018 at 8:21 p.m.

Invasive, noxious Cuban treefrogs that eat smaller frogs and grow as big as a human fist have established a population in New Orleans, and officials say they could soon pose...

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