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A Louisiana woman was the second member of her New Orleans football team to be murdered this year, according to police.Brittany Stevenson, 26, identified by local news station WWL, was fatally shot w

A passenger on a United jet with nearly 200 others onboard was pronounced dead shortly after the pilot made an emergency landing, and it's almost certain the man had COVID.A.The situation became so d

400,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University.The number of deaths is equivalent to the entire population of New Orleans, Tampa or Tulsa, and then so

Mardi Gras is a muted scene in 2021 due to coronavirus cancellations of almost all the festivities New Orleans is famous for this time of year .Bars are closed, Bourbon Street's blocked off, there ar

While the pandemic has canceled Mardi Gras parades in the city of New Orleans, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has found a way to celebrate the cultural holiday.The fast food chain had select restaurants de

toggle caption Sean Gardner/Getty Images Storm clouds gather above the levee near Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall on June 07, 2020 in New Orleans.The National Hurricane C

Renette Dejoie-Hall is the president and publisher of The Louisiana Weekly.Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, the influential 96-year-old weekly Black newspaper serves the African American community in

Now, a small study in Italy finds that nearly a third of people who were very ill with COVID-19 developed post-traumatic stress disorder after acute infection.Psychiatrist Delfina Janiri of Agostino

A traumatizing experience.And, as Miley Cyrus' mom shared in the exclusive chat above, she didn't start smoking marijuana until later in life.Like, never in my life had I ever smoked until I was 42,'