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New Orleans marks 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with memorials and brass band parade
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
New Orleans doctor reflects on treating Katrina evacuees in the Astrodome
FOX 8 - Louisiana
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August 29, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After levees failed during Hurricane Katrina, thousands of displaced New Orleans residents were evacuated to neighboring states. Among those helping them was Dr. Maurice Sholas, who found himself caring for evacuees in...
Class of Katrina: How Hurricane Katrina changed education in New Orleans forever
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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August 29, 2025
Class of Katrina: How Hurricane Katrina changed education in New Orleans forever Two decades ago, students were scattered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. I went to Scotlandville and Baton Rouge. I had just May 15, May 25th, so August 29th. I was...
Why Katrina Reshaped The Landscape And Unity Of New Orleans Churches
Religion Unplugged
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NEW ORLEANS — The church doors would remain open, David Crosby decided after the levees failed New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. Someone from the Midwest sent a huge generator to First Baptist Church of New Orleans, Crosby’s pastorate at the time,...
20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, How Safe Is New Orleans From Another Catastrophic Flood?
Scientific American
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August 28, 2025
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans and notably the city’s low-income Lower Ninth Ward. The flooding killed almost 1,400 people. The levees and floodwalls, primarily built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, failed to hold...
Science or Trump? The impossible choice faced by the ousted CDC chief
CNN
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August 29, 2025
Federal agencies Donald Trump Vaccines Respiratory viruses See all topics Follow The purge at the top of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention crystalizes the dilemma facing many professional officials across the US government. Is...
Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund launches a statewide #PutThePhoneDown campaign
Baptist Message - Louisiana
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August 28, 2025
By Office of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry BATON ROUGE, La. (Office of Gov. Jeff Landry) – The Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund has launched a statewide #PutThePhoneDown campaign to address the growing problem of excessive cellphone use and its...
Louisiana invests $350M in disaster communications, but gaps remain 20 years after Katrina
FOX 8 - Louisiana
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August 28, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana has spent $350 million over the past 20 years improving communication between first responders following Hurricane Katrina. But a FOX 8 investigation found that gaps in the system remain. New Orleans groups repair...
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How Louisiana Is Fighting To Restore Its Wetlands 20 Years After Katrina
Southern Living
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The lessons that came out of Hurricane Katrina are manifold. The storm exposed issues that had been quietly eating away at New Orleans and the surrounding communities for generations. And while Hurricane Katrina’s towering storm surge was...
Senior CDC officials resign after Monarez ouster, cite concerns over scientific independence
CBS News
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Four senior officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced their resignations in recent days, citing what they described as growing political interference in the agency's scientific work, particularly regarding...
CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking lives
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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By Lena H. Sun,Lauren Weber and David Ovalle washington post As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reeled from the ousting of its director, three senior leaders who resigned in protest told The Washington Post they were asked to...
Katrina reshaped landscape, complexion, unity of New Orleans churches, leaders say
Baptist Press - Tennessee
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August 28, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The church doors would remain open, David Crosby decided after the levees failed New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. Someone from the Midwest sent a huge generator to First Baptist Church of New Orleans, Crosby’s pastorate at the...
IIT Madras and LSU Health New Orleans partner to develop new technologies in healthcare
The Hindu Business Line
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August 28, 2025
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Photo Credit: SUPPLIED Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has announced a partnership with LSU Health New Orleans to develop and deploy new technologies focusing on closing healthcare gaps....
Robot helps arrest man wanted for murder inside Louisiana home
USA Today
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During a standoff in Louisiana, police used a robot to help arrest a man wanted in connection to a killing in his home country. Honduran national Elviss Caballero-Zuniga, who had been wanted on a murder charge, was apprehended by police with help...
Two new deaths reported from flesh-eating bacteria. Both ate Louisiana oysters. One of the cases involved a restaurant in Florida.
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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by Elise Plunk A Louisiana health official reported two more deaths from the flesh-eating vibrio bacteria, which were among 14 infections recorded this month. It brings the state’s fatality count attributed to the pathogen this year to six. The...
20 years ago, Katrina hit New Orleans hard; today, Crescent City is rising with faith, hope
Catholic Review - Maryland
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August 28, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (OSV News) — In late 2005, just two months after Hurricane Katrina, the American Institute of Architects tabbed Boston-based urban planner David Dixon, to organize a national recovery conference with the goal of providing a roadmap for...
Around Baton Rouge:'A Bayou State of Mind,' farmers markets and more for your calendar
The Advocate - Louisiana
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The following is a calendar of community events in the Baton Rouge area from Friday through Thursday, Sept. 4. FRIDAY FRIDAY NIGHT LECTURE: 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., BREC's Highland Road Park Observatory, 13800 Highland Road. Skygazing tips, physics...
Trump says Meta data center will make Louisiana a national hub for AI
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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August 28, 2025
President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry say Meta’s massive artificial intelligence data center in Richland Parish will transform the state into a national AI hub, according to USA Today Network. Trump, speaking at a Cabinet meeting...
Robot helps arrest man wanted for murder inside Louisiana home, video shows
AOL
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During a standoff in Louisiana, police used a robot to help arrest a man wanted in connection to a killing in his home country. Honduran national Elviss Caballero-Zuniga, who had been wanted on a murder charge, was apprehended by police with help...
Opinion: Reflections on Rebuilding New Orleans’ Education System One School at a Time
The 74
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August 28, 2025
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter This is part of a series covering the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, its effects, and the recovery of New Orleans’ schools. Read all our coverage and...