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Seventeen COVID-19 cases, including one probable case of the omicron variant, were reported among crew and passengers on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, which arrived in New Orleans Sunday.
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The first probable COVID-19 case of the omicron variant in Louisiana was confirmed by state officials Friday evening, according to a tweet from Louisiana Department of Health. -
The COVID-19 omicron variant has not yet been detected in Louisiana, but the state health department is genetically sequencing most positive COVID-19 PCR tests to find out which variants are circulating in the state, officials said at a press conference Friday.
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Las Sierras es un programa de un año de duración dirigido por Collegiate Academies, una organización concertada que gestiona cuatro escuelas secundarias en Nueva Orleans. El programa está dirigido a los estudiantes de Collegiate que han llegado a los Estados Unidos en los últimos dos años y tienen pocos conocimientos del inglés.
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A local education nonprofit hopes the creation of a centralized job board will streamline the hiring process for New Orleans public schools and improve staff retention in the district.
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Louisianans are fed up with insurance companies, speaking of their frustrations caused by slow-moving processes, struggles to contact providers and too-small insurance payouts after two years of severe storms.
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In its lawsuit, the Justice Department alleges that Texas' redistricting plans put minority voters at a disadvantage.
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Regulators including the SEC are investigating a planned merger between a shell company and former President Donald Trump's social media startup.
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The three-year-old colt died suddenly from what appears to have been a cardiac event, according to the on-site veterinary team that attended to him at the Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California.
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In a scheduled video call Tuesday with the Russian president, Biden will outline economic sanctions and stepped-up support for NATO allies if Russia invades, a senior administration official says.
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A new report from the World Health Organization contains some encouraging numbers but also cause for concern, with both cases and deaths on the upswing last year. The pandemic is just one reason.
