New Orleans
Skulls of alleged enslaved Black Americans once used in racist 19th-century pseudoscientific research have been returned to New Orleans for a public memorial and burial ceremony. The remains were part of a collection amassed by Harvard professor Louis Agassiz and later housed at the university. The repatriation follows years of activism and reflection on academic […]
Musician Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is expanding his mission through the Trombone Shorty Foundation. Commemorating 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, Shorty Fest showcases young talent and preserves New Orleans’ rich musical culture. Shorty, raised in Tremé, mentors students across the city and beyond, teaching performance, discipline, and cultural pride. Corporate partnerships, such as with Acura, […]
New Orleans embraced Mardi Gras Day on March 4, 2025, with colorful costumes, lively parades, and rich traditions, despite looming thunderstorms and high winds. Revelers gathered in historic Treme, where the North Side Skull and Bone Gang upheld its 200-year tradition of waking the city at sunrise with drums and chants. Along Jackson Avenue, families […]
The Meta smart glasses, created in collaboration with Ray-Ban, were used by Shamsud-Din Jabbar to scout New Orleans’ French Quarter before a deadly truck attack on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people. According to the FBI, Jabbar recorded video using the glasses during a reconnaissance trip on October 31, but he did not activate […]
Believes the man responsible for the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans that killed 10 people and injured over 30 people by driving a pickup truck through a crowd of people didn’t act alone. Investigators also found guns and pipe bombs inside the suspect’s truck. The man Identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar of […]
A pickup truck driver in New Orleans rammed into a crowd of revelers early on New Year’s Day, resulting in 10 deaths and over 30 injuries. The FBI is investigating the incident as a terrorist act. Following the attack around 3:15 a.m. on Bourbon Street, the suspect was killed in a shootout with police. Law […]
Nearly 19 years after Hurricane Katrina, twin brothers A’Mari and J’Mari Reynolds, saved as infants by US Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, have honored his legacy by integrating his influence into their futures. In the chaos following the 2005 hurricane, Honoré rescued the dehydrated and starving babies, who were being carried by their mother, Alexandria […]
Two young Black high school students, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson from St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans, have achieved a groundbreaking mathematical feat by finding a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem—a task considered impossible for over 2,000 years. This theorem, fundamental in geometry, states that in a right triangle, the square of the […]
The multi-Grammy Award winner Usher is set to executive produce New Orleans-Set Jazz Age Series ‘Storyville’. The new series is about the birth of the Jazz Age in development from Starlings Television. “Storyville” is set in New Orleans and follows the tale of five brothel madams as they fight to control the red light district. […]
Hundreds of American Red Cross volunteers are heading down south to help with Hurricane Ida in Louisiana. A few will be from Western New York. Red Cross volunteers are deployed on a two-week-long basis and are expected to travel where needed. The Red Cross is in need of more volunteers to respond to various natural disasters. Hurricane […]
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