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Essence Festival wraps up a 4-day celebration of Black culture
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoFor 30 years, the Essence Festival of Culture has brought together people from all walks of life and...
30th annual Essence Festival of Culture kicks off in New Orleans
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoThe celebration has been around for three decades — no easy feat, Essence CEO Caroline Wanga said...
Usher and Janet Jackson headline 30th Essence Festival of Culture
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoThe best of Black culture's policymakers, thought leaders, creatives, spiritual gurus, business...
Jackie Clarkson, longtime New Orleans politician and mother of actor Patricia Clarkson, dead at 88
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoJaquelyn Brechtel “Jackie” Clarkson, a former Louisiana legislator and three-term New Orleans City...
New Orleans plans to spiff up as host of next year's Super Bowl
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoNew Orleans hosts its 11th Super Bowl next year and the preparations involve showcasing the city's...
Haunting photos show a Six Flags in New Orleans that has been abandoned for almost 2 decades
INSIDER via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoThe swings at Six Flags New Orleans.KEG-KEG/Shutterstock During Hurricane Katrina in August 2005,...
They had the same name. The same childhood cancer. They lost touch – then reunited.
USA TODAY via Yahoo Style Singapore· 3 months agoSeveral decades ago, two New Orleans children developed the same disease: acute lymphoblastic...
New Orleans' mayor says she's not using coveted city apartment, but council orders locks changed
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoThe New Orleans City Council voted Thursday to change the locks on a coveted city-owned apartment in...
11 years later, still no end to federal intervention in sight for New Orleans police
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoThe New Orleans Police Department's progress in complying with an 11-year-old reform agreement has...
New Orleans bids another joyous 'Fat Tuesday' farewell to Carnival season
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoNew Orleans bade a typically joyous goodbye to Carnival season Tuesday with Mardi Gras parades,...