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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.
Officers fatally shoot man accused of killing his wife and toddler in Louisiana home
A Louisiana sheriff says law enforcement fatally shot an armed man who killed his wife and toddler in his home.
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.
Southerners play ice hockey on New Orleans streets after historic winter storm
The Big Easy was blanketed with historic snowfall Tuesday — Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport received 8 inches, the most in a single storm since records were first kept in 1948, according to the National Weather Service.
With Spotlight on New Orleans, Louisiana Moves Homeless Out of Sight
With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras coming, Gov. Jeff Landry is using the emergency order from the New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street to remove the homeless from downtown.
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.
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Record Snowfall Snarls Cities as Deadly Cold Stalks the South
Unusual emergency: The first-ever blizzard warning was issued for parts of Louisiana ... city officials warned residents of New Orleans on Tuesday to hunker down.Credit...Kathleen Flynn for The ...
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.
USA Today2d
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 ...
Winter storm that dropped record-breaking snow in New Orleans spreads into Florida and the Carolinas
A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas
Amid a Wintry Mess, New Orleans Also Savors a Spectacle
The storm brought both dazzling landscapes of ice and snow and challenges to a city unaccustomed to such severe winter weather.
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Venezuelan prison gang crime: Arrests in New Jersey and New York
Police records and official law enforcement statements confirm TdA-linked crime and arrests have occurred in 22 U.S. states.