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When New Orleans came together to celebrate during the 2020 Mardi Gras season, few were thinking of the coronavirus, and fewer were prepared for the pandemic that was to come.
A New Orleans man was sentenced to five years probation for defrauding COVID-19 federal aid programs and money laundering, and ordered to pay restitution.
New Orleans pandemic disparities come at a personal cost: ‘We had a life planned’ One year later, Black people died of COVID-19 at higher rates in New Orleans and statewide ...
The economic impact of COVID-19 is magnified in New Orleans The city is quickly becoming a case study for how a frayed social safety net responds in a global pandemic.
New Orleans got $388M in federal pandemic aid. Was that money well spent? New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks at a Jan. 19. 2021, commemoration service for those who died of COVID-19 in New ...
With the country’s attention turned north, the coronavirus pandemic is exploding in Louisiana.
These changes are likely to last until the pandemic is over or a vaccine becomes available. The roughly 1,500 restaurants in New Orleans hope they’ll still be in business when that time comes.
With bars closed, parades cancelled and crowds restricted, New Orleans' annual celebrations for Mardi Gras are looking very different this year amid the pandemic.
New Orleans' 109-year-old Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club takes centerstage in the new documentary 'A King Like Me', which explores the challenges the first-ever Black Mardi Gras krewe faced during ...
Getting bars to follow COVID-19 guidelines ahead of Mardi Gras is turning into the big not-so-easy in New Orleans.
Bourbon Street in the New Orleans French Quarter, where businesses have been among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The crisis has underscored yet again that the city's economy relies ...
Potential eviction ‘avalanche’ looms as millions of Americans struggle to pay rent Evictions resume in New Orleans in the middle of the pandemic, with an end of COVID-19 aid in sight.