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Young people from across the Gulf South are demanding action on climate change.
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Tulane University
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For more than a decade, high school students around the country have honored the life and work of the late playwright August Wilson with an annual monologue competition, delivering scenes from “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson.” -
The president toured the plant on Thursday as part of his visit to Louisiana promote his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.
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In April, Mardi Gras Indians held a funeral and parade for one of their own — one of a few large cultural events to occur since the pandemic started and most large events in the region were canceled.
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He arrives in New Orleans to tour the Carrollton Water Plant Thursday afternoon.
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That's seven in all. Two were reported in the New Orleans area and Southwest Louisiana last week.
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The Democratic Senators are introducing a bill that would make pandemic-related food benefits for college students permanent, and create grants for colleges to address hunger.
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Officials say a 19-year-old former student at a school in the Russian city of Kazan opened fire there Tuesday, killing at least seven eighth-grade students and a teacher.
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Information from China's census indicates the country's population has increased at the slowest rate since its one-child policy. At the same time, the proportion of senior citizens has expanded.
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How can the U.S. encourage more vaccinations? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ahead of his meeting with President Biden about state strategies to increase COVID-19 vaccinations.
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The Food and Drug Administration has extended authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents age 12-15. Those young people have missed months of school and time with friends.
