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A look at Louisiana’s Mardi Gras festivities through the years
After a weekslong pre-Lenten bash — complete with elaborate parades that meander through New Orleans,…
Irina Shayk opens Blumarine show in Milan injecting buzz into creative director David Koma’s debut
MILAN (AP) — Top model Irina Shayk injected buzz into Georgian designer David Koma’s debut…
Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Harriet the Spy’ star, dies at 39
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996…
Gene Hackman tributes pour in from Francis Ford Coppola, Viola Davis, Bill Murray and more
Director Francis Ford Coppola, actor Viola Davis, director Paul Feig and and actor-director Clint Eastwood…
‘Chicken Shop Date’ creator Amelia Dimoldenberg brings flirty awkwardness to the Oscars red carpet
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amelia Dimoldenberg only needs 60 seconds with Timothée Chalamet. In her…
Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs…
Human rights museum removes Buffy Sainte-Marie from exhibit
WINNIPEG — The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has removed singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie from an…
Republicans once maligned Medicaid. Now some see a program too big to touch
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every time a baby is born in Louisiana, where Republican House Speaker…
A child dies of Ebola in Uganda, raising concern over disease surveillance in outbreak
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola…
Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth
SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide…
USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the…
$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that’s over
Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long…
A new cookbook ties healthy eating to good sleep
Anyone who has ever suffered in bed after eating three slices of pizza could surmise…
This Mardi Gras gumbo comes from a new cookbook linking healthy eating to good sleep
This recipe from “Eat Better, Sleep Better” was developed by Marie-Pierre St-Onge, the director of…
Texas measles cases rise to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child’s death
DALLAS (AP) — The number of people with measles in Texas increased to 146 in…
Tennessee gynecologist charged with performing unnecessary medical procedures
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee gynecologist was arrested Friday and accused of performing unnecessary…
Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity…
A West Virginia judge orders monitor for foster kids in hotels as another dismisses a federal suit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia judge ordered that a monitor be put in…
One injured after SUV drives through Salmon Arm, B.C., medical clinic
SALMON ARM, B.C. — A woman who was inside a medical clinic in Salmon Arm,…
Madison, Chalamet, Deadwyler and more: The Oscars red carpet is sure to include some stunners
NEW YORK (AP) — Mikey Madison, Timothée Chalamet, Danielle Deadwyler, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.…
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ stays at the top on weak Oscars weekend at the box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Captain America: Brave New World” kept falling but still hovered above…
Tributes pour in for R&B singer Angie Stone after her death at 63 in a highway crash
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Fans are remembering the voice and songs of trailblazer Angie Stone…
Charli xcx’s’ Brat reign continues, as she clears the decks at BRIT Awards
LONDON (AP) — Charli xcx’s “Brat” reign continues, as she cleared the decks at this…
Oscar presenters Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield, Oprah and Whoopi Goldberg rehearse before the show
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emma Stone knows her way around the Dolby Theatre, but the…