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Trump Floats Sending National Guard to New Orleans Despite Drop in Crime

3 septembre 2025 à 15:27
Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, welcomed news of the potential deployment to New Orleans, a city run by Democrats.

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New Orleans has experienced a drop in its murder rate this year.
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Trump Relocates Space Command to Alabama, Reviving a First-Term Plan

2 septembre 2025 à 19:22
President Trump said his decision was motivated in part by his grudge against Colorado, a state he lost in all three of his runs for president.

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While making his announcement at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump said that moving the U.S. Space Command would create tens of thousands of jobs and help America “defend and dominate the high frontier.”

Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers

The demonstrations were part of the continuing effort by Trump opponents to try to pressure his administration, even if many events were modest in size.

20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is Still Home for Those Who Left

30 août 2025 à 05:00
For many displaced by Hurricane Katrina, distance did not diminish their bond with the city they left behind, even as they built new lives.

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Alex Webber left New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, only to have her business in Marshall, N.C., flood last year during Hurricane Helene.

Alabama Man Once Barred From Office Is Elected Mayor

29 août 2025 à 12:14
Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.

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Patrick Braxton defeated his opponent in a second run for mayor of Newbern, Alabama.

20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘at a Tipping Point’

29 août 2025 à 05:02
The city has taken pride in its ability to endure. But many residents, fed up with dysfunction and soaring costs, want it to strive for more.

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Charity Hospital, which permanently closed after Hurricane Katrina, sits in the Central Business District of New Orleans.

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center May Be Empty Within Days

27 août 2025 à 14:10
A top Florida official wrote in an email that an immigration detention center in the Everglades may soon house no detainees.

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The immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” was built at an airstrip in the Florida Everglades.

Pregnant Teen Is Killed in Road Rage, but Her Baby Is Delivered

27 août 2025 à 11:39
Police said two drivers were tailgating each other when one fired a gun early Sunday in Louisiana.

Federal Money Is a ‘Lifeline’ for This Republican School District

27 août 2025 à 05:02
President Trump wants to cut federal spending for education. The money often goes toward disadvantaged students in Republican states.

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Ella Medders teaches a second-grade class at Oakman Elementary School in Walker County, Ala.

Florida Paints Over Rainbow Memorial for Pulse Nightclub Shooting Victims

23 août 2025 à 16:55
The mayor of Orlando, Fla., said that the crosswalk mural, which featured the Pride flag’s colors, was removed overnight this week. Community members protested and have, for now, repainted it.

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Before and after photos of the crosswalk that had been painted in rainbow colors in Orlando, Fla., to memorialize the victims of a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in 2016. It was painted over this week.

DeSantis Says He Is Undeterred by Order Shutting Down Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

22 août 2025 à 15:54
A federal judge had ordered that much of the Florida immigration detention center be dismantled, a ruling Gov. Ron DeSantis called “preordained.”

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“This is not going to deter us,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said of the judge’s ruling on the immigration detention center. “We’re going to continue working on the deportations, advancing that mission.”

Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center in Florida to Shut Down for Now

21 août 2025 à 22:18
A judge ruled that the state and federal governments acted illegally by not conducting an environmental review before building the center in the Florida Everglades.

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An immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as Alligator Alcatraz.

Seeking Tales and Sipping Whiskey in a Shack Floating Down the Bayou

19 août 2025 à 05:00
The shanty boat was bound for New Orleans, but the destination mattered less than the challenges, chance encounters and lessons learned along the way.

Louisiana Has a Long History of Political Corruption

16 août 2025 à 17:34
For decades, Louisiana lawmakers at all levels of government have been caught up in corruption allegations.

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Mayor LaToya Cantrell in New Orleans, La.

New Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. Draws Criticisms Over Its Proportions

16 août 2025 à 11:07
A statue in Florida has prompted complaints about its shoes, arm and head but also a discussion about art and representations of historic figures.

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A statue of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Winter Park, Fla., was designed with some slightly enlarged features.

Sean Kingston Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in $1 Million Fraud Scheme

15 août 2025 à 18:24
A Florida jury convicted the hip-hop artist and his mother in a federal fraud case that centered on luxury goods, which prosecutors said that Mr. Kingston did not pay for.

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The rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on Friday for fraud scheme in which he used his celebrity status to obtain $1 million in high-end merchandise from sellers whom he never paid.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans Is Indicted on Corruption Charges

15 août 2025 à 19:39
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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