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News Articles: New Orleans

Daryl Odom, a civilian agent for On Scene Services, a private contractor that responds to noninjury car wrecks in order to free up New Orleans police for other duties.

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  • National

Police didn't get defunded but many large departments are shrinking

A new study finds that some police forces are losing officers at a faster pace since 2020. In New Orleans, there's a grudging acceptance that it's time to offload some duties to civilians.

March 18, 2023
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  • Martin Kaste
A view of the glaciers and mountains from the Gerlache Strait on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2022.

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  • Climate

See the ties that bind Antarctica and Louisiana through one photographer's lens

WAMU Visuals Editor Tyrone Turner pairs images to capture the connection he felt to his birthplace — the coastal regions of southeastern Louisiana — while visiting the western coast of Antarctica.

November 17, 2022
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  • Tyrone Turner
New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson talks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in New Orleans on Aug. 17, 2022. Hoping to beef up a dwindling police force amid a rise in violent crime, New Orleans officials announced a three-year $80 million plan Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, offering raises for all officers, free health care and $30,000 in incentive payments for new hires.

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  • National

The New Orleans police department is hiring civilians to help its officer shortage

The New Orleans police department is overhauling its hiring process to include civilians, as well as eliminate credit score checks and marijuana use questions.

September 26, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A New Orleans police vehicle patrols Bourbon Street.

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  • Law

An ex-officer accused of sexually assaulting a teen rape victim faces federal charges

The U.S. Justice Department alleges that Rodney Vicknair committed a civil rights violation when he sexually assaulted a victim in 2020.

September 24, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A freshly painted street mural outside Liuzza's by the Track in New Orleans on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, celebrates the impending return of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

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  • Music

Echoes of 2006: Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans for 2022

Opening for the first time in three years, the festival brings memories of 2006 when the annual celebration of music and culture went on after Hurricane Katrina.

April 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
DeMarcus Hicks, a recent graduate of nursing school who is working as a contractor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gives a person a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, in Federal Way, Wash.

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  • Science

Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate

The ruling marks a rare win for the Biden administration at the New Orleans-based appellate court, where most of the active judges were nominated by Republican presidents.

April 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A debris lined street is seen in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans is seen Tuesday.

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  • Weather

Tornado kills at least 1 after it rips through New Orleans and its suburbs

The storm reportedly leaves about 13,000 homes and businesses without power in the three parishes around New Orleans.

March 23, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Warren Easton Charter High School's marching band members line up in formation. Their instruments, among many, include sousaphones, cymbals, and a drum section with snare, tenor and bass drums.

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  • Music

With the return of Mardi Gras marching bands, New Orleans' streets are full of magic

The bands may be smaller this year, but students say they're prepared to keep the culture alive and entertain hundreds of thousands of revelers.

March 01, 2022
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  • Aubri Juhasz
Sandra Castro vaccinates first-grader Kristen Cruz, 6, at KIPP Believe Charter School in New Orleans last week ahead of Tuesday's deadline for all students in the city's school system to be vaccinated.

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  • National

New Orleans will be the first major school district to mandate COVID vaccinations

Waivers for those opposed to vaccination are easy to obtain under state regulations, and schools will work with students who aren't inoculated, the district's superintendent said.

January 31, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Kenneth Polite, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, speaks during a news conference at the department in October.

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  • Law

His brother was killed in 2004. Now he fights violent crime as a top Justice official

Kenneth Polite, head of the Criminal Division since July, wants to take the most dangerous people off the streets and spend more on preventing violence.

January 28, 2022
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Cali Bell pretends to give her brother Calvin Bell a giant COVID-19 shot at a vaccine clinic in New Orleans, with some help from Louisiana Region One medical director Shantel Hébert-Magee.

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  • Children's Health

As kids return to school across the South, one major city is making them get vaccinated first

As kids return to school across the South, one major city is making them get vaccinated first.

January 04, 2022
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By:
  • Shalina Chatlani
The New Orleans Audubon Zoo has taken in the 7-month-old jaguar that was rescued from wildlife trafficking. The jaguar was rescued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

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  • Animals

New Orleans Audubon Zoo welcomes a trafficked jaguar cub

The 7-month-old spotted beauty was rescued from wildlife trafficking and will be living alongside a 6-year-old male named Valerio. There are only 15,000 believed to be living in the wild.

November 19, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
Menari, the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, is seen climbing in her enclosure at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. The zoo announced Thursday that Menari is pregnant with twins.

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  • Animals

An endangered Sumatran orangutan at the New Orleans zoo is expecting twins

The births will be the first for Menari, zoo officials say. She is expected to give deliver the twins sometime this winter.

October 21, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Bags of garbage pile up on a New Orleans street on Friday. Trash collection delays have left some residents outraged at the city's contractors.

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  • National

Weeks-Old Garbage Is Stinking Up New Orleans. Residents Had A Trash Parade In Protest

In New Orleans, some residents are still living with the trash from Hurricane Ida, more than three weeks after the storm. Residents and city officials are outraged at the delays in trash pickups.

September 20, 2021
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By:
  • Nell Clark
American jazzman Louis Armstrong plays trumpet in his dressing room before a show in 1947 in a New York jazz cabaret. Hurricane Ida destroyed the Karnofsky Shop in New Orleans, which was a formative influence on Armstrong's musical life.

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  • National

Ida Leveled The Karnofsky Shop, Louis Armstrong's Second Home

The Karnofsky Shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its outsized impact on Louis Armstrong's life. The family that lived there encouraged him to pursue music.

August 31, 2021
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  • Nell Clark and
  • Andrew Limbong
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