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New Orleans is locked into a watery future which could see it surrounded by ocean as early as this century, according to a new analysis, which says the city must start planning how to relocate residents now to avoid chaos.

Looking for more to do this week? Check out the latest on Gambit's calendar at calendar.gambitweekly.com. The Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the free festival of Cajun and zydeco music. On Saturday, May 30, there’s Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Babineaux Sisters and Donna Ang

Louisiana artists Andrew Lamar Hopkins and the late Clementine Hunter never met. Hopkins was just 10 years old when Hunter died in 1988. Yet right this minute, the two folk art masters are harmonizing like Simon and Garfunkel at a gallery on Julia Street. The “Her Way, His Way” exhibit...

You're likely to fun into Times-Picayune food writer Ian McNulty at your favorite restaurant or bar. But where is his favorite place in New Orleans? Come with us, and Wake Up NOLA.

New Orleans rolled into Sunday, May 24, 2026, with sticky pre-dawn air, low-70s temps, and a whole lot of false confidence. The quiet is not expected to last. Forecasters are calling for repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms through the day, with quick-hitting downpours that could trigger brief urban flooding. A

Gov. Jeff Landry's team has signed off on a package of industrial tax exemptions for Folger Coffee Co. that New Orleans officials rejected years ago, reviving incentives tied to major upgrades at the company’s New Orleans East roasting and packaging plants. The approval restores tax breaks on equipment investments and

LOUISIANA — New Orleans police are investigating a deadly shooting in the Hollygrove neighborhood that left a woman dead Sunday afternoon. According to the New Orleans Police Department, the shooting happened shortly before 3:35 p.m. in the 3800 block of Hollygrove Street. Officers responding to the scene found an adul

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police are investigating a shooting that left a man wounded Friday night in Mid-City. According to the New Orleans Police Department, First District officers were called to the 3200 block of Banks Street shortly before 10:50 p.m. on May 23. When officers arrived, they...

At St. Jerome Catholic Church in Kenner, Father Luis Duarte has spent months trying to keep a mostly Hispanic flock from scattering as federal immigration sweeps pull neighbors out of the pews. Weekend Masses that once packed the church have emptied out in a hurry, and the parish has leaned into bilingual liturgies and

Early Saturday morning turned violent in St. Roch and the Lower Ninth Ward, where two separate shootings left two men wounded and brought a heavy police and EMS presence into the neighborhoods. Both victims were taken to local hospitals, and detectives have opened investigations into what led up to the gunfire.