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Hurricane Erin Is Heading Out to Sea. People Are Riveted Anyway.

The Category 2 hurricane isn’t expected to make landfall. Still, it’s drawing notice as the first named storm to reach hurricane strength this year.

© Daniel Pullen for The New York Times

Cameron Whitaker checks flooding in Hatteras, N.C., an effect of Hurricane Erin on Thursday.
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Seeking Tales and Sipping Whiskey in a Shack Floating Down the Bayou

The shanty boat was bound for New Orleans, but the destination mattered less than the challenges, chance encounters and lessons learned along the way.
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Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans Is Indicted on Corruption Charges

LaToya Cantrell was charged with going to criminal lengths to carry out, and cover up, a romantic relationship with a city police officer assigned to protect her.

© Emily Kask for The New York Times

LaToya Cantrell took office in 2018 as the first Black woman elected to lead New Orleans.
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