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washingtonpost.com > sports > nba > 02/21/2026 > 76ers-pelicans-preview > b55106da-0ef3-11f1-8e91-6e1451aab67e_story.html

Philadelphia faces New Orleans on 3-game slide

10+ hour, 40+ min ago  (71+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Philadelphia comes into the matchup with New Orleans as losers of three…...

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washingtonpost.com > immigration > 12/03/2025 > dhs-new-orleans-immigration-ice-border-patrol

DHS launches new immigration sting in New Orleans

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (91+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Across New Orleans, residents had anticipated the operation, particularly immigrants. Some businesses…...

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washingtonpost.com > nation > 10/17/2025 > roman-stone-new-orleans-backyard

Roman-era gravestone found in New Orleans yard sheds light on WWII mystery

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (201+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Daniella Santoro and her husband were clearing underbrush from the backyard of…...

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washingtonpost.com > sports > golf > 08/27/2025 > liv-golf-new-orleans-watson > 5f9e8b86-837f-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html

LIV Golf adds a summer 2026 event in New Orleans with Louisiana putting up $7.2 million

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (213+ words) The LIV Golf League has added a summer tournament in New Orleans to its 2026 tournament calendar after Louisiana agreed to pay the Saudi-backed tour $5 million and spend an additional $2.2 million on improvements to the Bayou Oaks course in City Park…...

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washingtonpost.com > nation > 08/15/2025 > new-orleans-mayor-cantrell-fraud

New Orleans mayor charged with misusing taxpayer funds

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (97+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. The probe centered on accusations that Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) had "a personal…...

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washingtonpost.com > climate-environment > 07/25/2025 > louisiana-wetlands-sea-level-rise

Louisiana’s coast is sinking. The state just cancelled a $3 billion project to save it.

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (861+ words) As the state continues to lose land, advocates argue that the demise of the Mid-Barataria diversion project will leave coastal communities only more vulnerable. The news, when it finally came, was not surprising. But when officials announced last week that…...

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washingtonpost.com > national > 05/26/2025 > new-orleans-inmates-escape-captured > d87dbf86-3a96-11f0-912d-d5f4792db3e4_story.html

3 more of the 10 escapees from a New Orleans jail are captured, leaving 2 on the run, officials say

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (303+ words) Authorities say they've captured three more of the 10 escapees who broke out of a New Orleans jail, leaving two more on the run NEW ORLEANS " Three more of the 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month…...

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washingtonpost.com > nation > 05/24/2025 > louisiana-jail-unaware-inmate-escape

A Louisiana inmate escaped. Jailers didn’t know until a tipster called.

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (953+ words) For almost six hours, officers at a Louisiana jail were unaware that an inmate with a history of jailbreaks had escaped Thursday afternoon. Tangipahoa Parish Jail officials were alerted to Tra'Von Johnson's disappearance when an anonymous tipster ... The incident comes…...

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washingtonpost.com > immigration > 04/11/2025 > khalil-hearing-trump-columbia-deportation

Louisiana judge rules university student Mahmoud Khalil eligible for deportation

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1283+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. The Trump administration has accused the legal permanent resident of being a…...