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New Orleans voters will find themselves inside a voting booth for the second month in a row this December, with two millages and six runoff races to decide on.The quick turnaround from the Nov. 13 election coupled with the holiday season could produce some upsets that would potentially reshape the City Council or even give the city its first female sheriff.
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As coronavirus cases fall and vaccination rates rise, transportation officials say more people are hitting the roads and taking to the skies to visit family and friends ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. -
More than a year later, some Lake Charles residents could see repairs made to their Laura- and Delta-damaged homes as officials roll out a new $11.3 million housing program, according to an announcement Monday.
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As a longtime grocer, Nicole Dorignac would typically associate the holiday season — one in which her store fills with shoppers looking to buy giant turkeys, ingredients for side dishes and their preferred pies — with a time of joy and celebration.
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Hosting a family gathering for Thanksgiving but worried about COVID transmission? Health officials offer these tips for a happy, safe holiday.
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Susan Hutson scored a key endorsement from a progressive elected official Friday in the runoff race on Dec. 11 against incumbent New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman.
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A new coronavirus variant, first discovered in South Africa, has begun to spread around the globe. Vaccine producers say they're working to get ahead of the new strain.
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Hondurans go to the polls Sunday, and many voters say they're undecided who they'll vote for. But one thing they do know is that they'll be casting a vote to punish the current National Party.
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NPR's David Folkenflik talks to Yan Bennett, of the Center on Contemporary China at Princeton, about Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's disappearance.
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NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Harvard Business Professor Willy Shih about Dollar Tree increasing its prices by 25% and what that says about the state of the U.S. economy.
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Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, arguably the greatest artist in the American Musical Theater, has died. He was born March 22, 1930.
