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Memphis man pleads guilty to sex trafficking minors on Chef Menteur Highway

A Memphis man pleaded guilty Wednesday in the Eastern District of Louisiana to pimping underage girls and women on Chef Menteur Highway, among other “tracks” in the sex trafficking ring he recruited other pimps to work with him.

Flights delayed, long lines at New Orleans airport after global technology outage

Korean fried chicken and beer coming to Freret Street, a homecoming for restaurant couple

New Orleans man who walked into Central City daycare with AR-15 sentenced

Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world

A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers.

Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, others make a fresh push for Joe Biden to reconsider 2024 run

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s candidacy, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he doesn't step away from the 20…

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Tudor-style home for sale in Old Metairie includes a gold-leaf ceiling and 6 sitting areas

The stately manor home at 40 Pelham Drive in Old Metairie could easily fit into the British …

Jefferson Parish

In breakthrough, Jefferson scores new development on West Bank side of Huey P. Long bridge

In what officials described as a major breakthrough in efforts to develop a largely untouche…

Business News

This New Orleans tech company has $11M in military contracts for virtual reality weapons

As military training gets more high-tech, U.S. Army soldiers have been testing out a new kin…

Business News

Tech stocks cause Wall Street surge, leaving Louisiana companies behind

A handful of tech-focused stocks have caused the S&P 500 to surge for the past few month…

Where NOLA Eats

Ian McNulty: Italian flavor, family keep Vincent's restaurant vibrant after losing founder

Crack open the menu at Vincent’s Italian Cuisine and you can see a restaurateur’s dilemma. T…

Where NOLA Eats

Saint John’s former French Quarter home becoming new restaurant from these young chefs

Last week we learned where chef Eric Cook’s restaurant Saint John would reopen after closing…

Sports

The SEC media poll is in. Check out where LSU lands, and which Tigers picked up honors.

LSU was tabbed for a fifth-place finish by media covering Southeastern Conference Football Kickoff, which concluded a four-day run Thursday in Dallas.

Sha'Carri Richardson out to prove she is not just back, but better after drug suspension

Sha'Carri Richardson set the tone for her own comeback story a year ago when she won the 100-meter U.S. title, then the world championship, and brashly proclaimed: "I'm not back, I'm better."

Everything you need to know as NOLA Gold prepares to host its first playoff game

NOLA Gold Rugby’s journey began six years ago playing games at Shaw High School, but the franchise has grown much bigger since then and is now set to host a playoff game.

Business

Could these high-tech sensors help New Orleans deal with flooding? New program aims to find out.

The sleek sensors could give city officials an unprecedented level of flooding data. The initiative is the first of its scale in the nation.

EPA suit against Denka paused while judge in New Orleans awaits outcome in other cases

A federal judge in New Orleans has paused a 2023 air pollution lawsuit filed against Denka Performance Elastomers by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency until Oct. 15 or until one of two federal appeals courts rule on the legality of a new EPA rule requiring a major reduction in the amo…

Tudor-style home for sale in Old Metairie includes a gold-leaf ceiling and 6 sitting areas

The stately manor home at 40 Pelham Drive in Old Metairie could easily fit into the British countryside of Surrey or Kent, even Derbyshire.

Special Reports

A city falling apart: Why New Orleans fails to stay dry, functional despite billions in funding

No city is flush with as much cash, per capita, as New Orleans. And none of them struggle mo…

Louisiana Inspired: These people, organizations are making our state a better place

Louisiana Inspired is a weekly Sunday feature that focuses on people and organizations in Louisiana who are working toward solving problems and making the world a better place.

Watch: What's Louisiana's future by 2050 with rising sea levels, land loss?

Louisiana 2050: Rising sea levels will upend life and bring new risk to the state over the n…

Louisiana 2050: Rising seas will upend life. Time is running out to limit the impact.

A special report from The Times-Picayune | The Advocate examines Louisiana's perilous future…

Entertainment

Zulu drive-thru giveaway to include backpacks, computers, bikes

School supplies, bikes, books and even computers will be the "throws" to catch when the Zulu organization and entertainer Juvenile stage a drive-thru back to school giveaway July 27 at McDonogh 35 High School in New Orleans.

Tots can get 'practice' before starting kindergarten. Plus, a list of back-to-school giveaways.

What child isn’t excited about going to “big kid” school? But that first day can be daunting if kids don’t know what to expect. Something as simple as riding the big yellow school bus might intimidate them even before they get to the school grounds.

Korean fried chicken and beer coming to Freret Street, a homecoming for restaurant couple

The Korean term chimaek combines the words chicken and beer. But in practice it’s not about the pairing so much as the experience and good times that go with it, like calling for a seafood boil in Louisiana.

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Will Sutton: Do not be sucked into blind calls for "unity." Remember Freedom Summer 60 years later.

There's quite a bit of talk about unity these days. Perhaps people are getting tired of hearing the divisive rhetoric too often used by candidates to continue to rile up a core base of voters.

Letters: Here's another option to feed hungry kids this summer

With the school year over, it's important to remember that millions of children are at risk of going hungry during their summer vacations. That's because the school lunches that some 30 million children depended on during the school year are no longer readily available.

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