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'Remake' will wreck you: A filmmaker faces his own family footage
12+ hour, 24+ min ago (533+ words) WWNO This newscast is updated weekdays at 6am, 9am, noon, 3pm, and 6pm. 'Remake' will wreck you: A filmmaker faces his own family footage I constantly marvel (recoil?) at how the utterly banal has become a primary mode for collective distraction. Social media has…...
The Reading Life: Nathaniel Rich
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (211+ words) Susan Larson talks with Nathaniel Rich whose new novel is Cloudthief. Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week: The East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Avenue in Metairie, will hold a warehouse and puzzle sale, Saturday, July…...
Trump threatens a major escalation in Iran as the war nears the end of Month 5
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (447+ words) AMMAN, Jordan — The U.S. continued airstrikes in Iran on Friday while Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf as the region braced itself after President Trump said he was close to deciding whether to launch "a massive…...
How Shreveport plays a key role in the tangled history of addiction treatment
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (247+ words) More than a million Americans have died of drug overdoses since the year 2000. Despite the staggering loss, one tool for treating opioid addiction has been tangled up in politics, stigma, and money for decades. Medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, has a…...
What animal is the deformed-but-adorable Jimothy? The quiz knows — do you?
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (68+ words) WWNO This newscast is updated weekdays at 6am, 9am, noon, 3pm, and 6pm. What animal is the deformed-but-adorable Jimothy? The quiz knows — do you? The World Cup is over! Despondent Americans have been reinfected with Reflecting Pool Derangement Syndrome — which probably isn't caused by…...
Congressional races preview; why air monitors are often miles from pollution hubs; Tulane to repurpose Charity Hospital
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (250+ words) It’s Thursday and that means it’s time to catch up on the week in politics with Stephanie Grace, editorial director and columnist for the Times-Picayune/The Advocate. Today, we discuss major changes coming to FEMA and preview the upcoming congressional…...
Where Y’Eat: "World Cup of Cuisine" Returns to New Orleans For Chefs Chasing Gold
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (351+ words) The FIFA World Cup is over, but an event that’s essentially the World Cup of cuisine is about to begin in New Orleans. There are two related global culinary competitions called Bocuse d'Or and Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie…...
The 'World Series of Stickball' honors Choctaw heritage, sports culture in Mississippi
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (597+ words) The 76th annual Choctaw Indian Fair was hosted in Choctaw, Mississippi last weekend, and one of the main events of the fair was the Stickball tournament. The Gulf States Newsroom’s Joseph King went to a few games to report on one…...
Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall on southern Louisiana with threatening winds
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (494+ words) Tropical Storm Bertha crawled into southern Louisiana on Wednesday, making landfall and packing strong winds far from its center after closing beaches from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi. The National Hurricane Center said Bertha made landfall in St. Bernard Parish,…...
Summer camp prices soar; changes to HIV exposure laws; growing community of Afrikaners in Mississippi Delta
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (253+ words) Summer camp is out of reach for many families, even just day programs. And a big reason is the cost. For the Gulf States Newsroom, Aubri Juhasz looks at how some camps are keeping prices affordable. Louisiana recently updated a…...