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A facility hailed as an alternative to jail and hospital stays for intoxicated people — the vast majority of whom were homeless — has shuttered its doors as city officials cut costs to claw out of a budget crisis. The Sobering Center, a 25-bed facility on St. Ann...

Ghost tours stop outside Building 5 after dark and point up at the windows. Guides tell groups about Confederate soldiers materializing in the hallways and blood-soaked sheets that vanish when hotel staff arrives to investigate. Guests report waking to find doctors in period clothing performing surgeries that aren’t...

The Kenner Police Department has arrested a man in connection with an attempted murder investigation. On Dec. 17, police were notified that a man had been treated at a local hospital for multiple stab wounds and a bite injury. Through investigation, they were able to determine that the attack occurred...

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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans Police Department released video showing a suspected thief getting into a fight with customers at the Bean Gallery on North Carrollton Avenue. Police said the man, who was carrying a backpack, attempted to steal an iPad and stole from the tip jar during...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. For more than two decades, the Valena C. Jones building has stood silent in the 7th Ward. The classrooms have been without children’s voices since Hurricane Katrina left it damaged and abandoned. When the three-story brick structure...

New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno on Friday accused the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System of trying to strongarm the city into paying money it doesn’t owe as the two sides work to resolve several outstanding legal disputes. “I will push back on anyone who I think is trying...

A driver accused of striking and killing JPSO Deputy Christopher Ohlmeyer surrendered her passport. Police identified the driver as Erica S. Katsanis. She and her attorney did not appear in court, but the judge confirmed Katsanis did start pre-trial services and surrendered her passport. She is not allowed to drive...

Designer brand Coach opened a new store in Metairie's Lakeside Shopping Center, the mall announced in a news release Friday. The new Coach store is the only full-price Coach retail location in Louisiana. It's located in the Dillard's wing of the mall, across from the Vuori store that opened last fall.

As a student with academic accommodations, I found The Hullabaloo’s attempt to raise alarm about rising accommodation statistics presents a misleading and harmful narrative. By depicting academic accommodations as an unfair advantage, we are ignoring the structural barriers that accompany disabilities as well as the...