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All Things N.O. 6-30-11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-975840.mp3New Orleans, LA – Documentarian Ken Burns talks about his career, humorist…

All Things N.O. 6-17-10

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-908154.mp3New Orleans, LA – BP in Washington, changing the course of the Mississippi,…

Arizona Gator Gets $6,000 Prosthetic Tail

Mr. Stubbs (his tail was bitten off years ago) was taken in by the Phoenix Herpetological Society. There, The Arizona Republic reports, an orthopedic care specialist realized a silicone tail could be designed for him. Now, Mr. Stubbs sports a $6,000 prosthetic.

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, delivers opening remarks during a hearing on the January 6th investigation in the Cannon House Office Building on June 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence for almost a year related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, will present its findings in a series of televised hearings. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Jan. 6th hearing: Will the committee's message break through to the American people?

Congress's January 6th select committee is broadcasting its hearings directly to Americans. But with partisan gaps widening, and fewer people saying Trump is responsible for the attack on Congress, can the hearings break through with the American people?

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivers remarks from the Capitol's House chamber on Nov. 17.

Speaker Pelosi says she will step down as party leader after two decades at the top

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement paves the way for a new generation of Democratic lawmakers to fill the leadership ranks.

New York Giants hire John Harbaugh as coach after identifying him as their top choice

Harbaugh joins the Giants 11 days after he was fired by the Baltimore Ravens. The Super Bowl champion is now tasked with turning around a beleaguered franchise.

Oxford English Dictionary Updates With 6 Dahl Words

Children's author Roald Dahl would have turned 100 this week. To celebrate, the OED added 6 words and expressions from Dahl's writing. For example: golden ticket, Oompa Loompa and Scrumdiddlyumptious.

Jordan Brown, 17, an award-winning debater and a senior at Delores T. Arthur School for Young Men, which closed on Friday after the charter school’s board surrendered its charter. For Jordan’s last five months of high school, his parents are weighing their options, which comes down to keeping Jordan with his classmates or finding a school with an established debate program, a rarity among New Orleans public schools, as it turns out.

Top debate student couldn’t sway School Board to keep his school open

Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men closed Friday, and its students are now frantically trying to find spots to finish out the school year. Parents say that the school’s mid-year closing was a tragedy that could have been foreseen – and prevented.

All Things N.O. 6-9-11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-972855.mp3New Orleans, LA – On this week's show, the Preservation Hall turns fifty,…

All Things N.O. 6-3-10

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-904825.mp3New Orleans, LA – New Orleans hotels join a class action lawsuit against BP,…

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