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With power due back for almost all of New Orleans by next week, Mayor LaToya Cantrell strongly encouraged residents who evacuated because of Hurricane Ida to begin returning home. But outside the city, the prospects of recovery appeared bleaker, with no timeline on power restoration and homes and businesses in tatters.

Flights resume and some power restored 4 days after Ida

Commercial flights resumed in New Orleans and power returned to parts of the business district Thursday, four days after Hurricane Ida slammed into the Gulf Coast, but electricity, drinking water and fuel remained scarce across much of a sweltering Louisiana.

New Orleans under curfew as US South tallies Hurricane Ida damage

Louisiana and Mississippi took stock Tuesday of the disaster inflicted by powerful Hurricane Ida, as receding floodwaters began to reveal the full extent of the damage along the US Gulf Coast and the death toll rose to four. New Orleans was under a curfew Tuesday evening, nearly two days after Ida slammed into the Louisiana …

New Orleans blacked out as Ida floods Louisiana, Mississippi

Wind, storm surge from Hurricane Ida lash Louisiana

Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US, blowing off roofs and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors. The hurricane was also threatening neighboring Mississippi, where …

Ida knocks out power to entire city of New Orleans

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocking out power in New Orleans

First death from Hurricane Ida, power out across New Orleans in US

A Louisiana sheriff’s office on Sunday reported the first death from Hurricane Ida just hours after the powerful storm slammed ashore. The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that deputies responding to a report of someone injured by a fallen tree at a home in Prairieville confirmed the person’s death.

Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary

Tropical Storm Ida a hurricane menace to New Orleans

Vaccinations rise in some states with soaring infections

“The fourth surge is real, and the numbers are quite frightening at the moment,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said on a New Orleans radio show. Edwards, a Democrat, added: “There’s no doubt that we are going in the wrong direction, and we’re going there in a hurry.”

Eye-popping 6,000 false lashes seized at New Orleans airport

Jimmy Lafave – Deep South 61 Delta Highway Blues Lyrics

Well everybody telling me they’re leaving Tired of this town and all the deceiving You know they’ve all got religion see visions Everything that they do Me I got the deep south 61 Delta highway blues Lost my roadmap in Memphis but I know I’m headed south I feel the Mississippi call me down to …

Wanda Jackson – Half As Good A Girl Lyrics

Well, I met Sammy Sampson down in New Orleans He had a lot of money and a long limousine Took us honky tonkin' on a Saturday night We met Silly Millie, everything was alright Her eyes started rolling We should've went a-bowlin' Wam, bam, who shot Sam? My, my Now Sam and Silly Millie at …

Roger Alan Wade – Bad News Knockin’ Lyrics

[Verse 1] Late night headlight through the bedroom blinds Old dog hides his head beneath the bed and whines Blonde hair in yellow light looks like golden twine We've both seen that silhouette before I got bad news knockin' at my door [Verse 2] The rhythm of her rappin' on the rusty front door screen …

Patti Page – Mister And Mississippi Lyrics

I can’t recall my mother I don’t remember dad Mister and Mississippi was all I ever had Oh, I was born to wander I was born to roam And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home My cradle was the river My school a river boat My teacher was a gambler The slickest one …

Fatlip – Cook Lyrics

[Verse 1] Seen you in the club, doing the rub-a-dub Looking for some trouble having fun Laughing, giggling, with your ass wiggling Thinking to myself, hell yeah she's the one Young and tender, slender, far from Ugly- Lovely- female gender I send ya a drink from across the bar, wink-wink, I'm feeling up to par …

Sheriff: 3 dead in gun store shooting in New Orleans suburb

The shooting happened around 2:50 PM at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in the suburb of Metairie, according to a release from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

3 dead in gun store shooting in New Orleans suburb

A person went into a gun store and shooting range in a New Orleans suburb and fatally shot two people Sunday, causing customers and staff to open fire on the shooter, said a sheriff. The shooter also died.

Willie Nelson – Nobody’s Listening Lyrics

He was choking back the tears As he tried to tell his wife That the job he’d had for years He’d worked hard all his life That everything went south And he couldn’t meet the bills And he had to sell the house That his daddy built And he’d ask how such a thing could …

Thelma Houston – Me And Bobby Mcgee Lyrics

Busted flat in Baton Rouge Waitin’ for the train Feelin’ nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down Just before it rained Rode us all the way to New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna And was playing soft While Bobby sang the blues With them windshield wipers …

2 tropical storms heading for double blow to US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storms Laura and Marco were both projected to approach Louisiana at or close to hurricane force just two days apart next week. A hurricane watch was issued for the New Orleans metro area, which was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

10-year-old killed, 2 teens hurt in New Orleans gunfire

Chloe X Halle – Tipsy Lyrics

I’ve been crucified, darling Ghost hunt me like New Orleans I’ve been charged with murder ‘Cause someone wanna push me further I’ll hit you where it hurts, yeah If you don’t put me first, yeah And I don’t give no apologies If you lose a life that’s not on me, yeah Better babe, you better …

Nathaniel Rateliff – Willie’s Birthday Song Lyrics

[Intro] This is a song we wrote for a good friend of ours We all feel he’s done a lot for us A lot for the world I hope you enjoy it We’d love for you to sing along [Chorus] Pass me that joint, it’s Willie’s birthday Wipe away all of your tears Well, the world’s gone crazy, but we still got Willie And …

Kyyngg – Money Fein Lyrics

[Hook] All this pain got me going against myself I don’t do this for you niggas, bitch, I do it for the wealth Why would I trust you niggas? Shit, I barely trust the ceilin’ Rather f*ck on your hoe and put that bitch all in her feelin’s, yeah Spinning and sipping, we be smelling …

‘Hope’ the giraffe born in New Orleans amid pandemic

Sue Ellen, a middle-aged giraffe at the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, gave birth Monday, according to a Friday news release. The calf was born 6-feet (1.8-meters) tall, weighing in at 189 pounds (86 kilograms).

Tory Lanez – Dope Boy’s Diary Lyrics

Play this song [Intro] Yeah, nothin’ bigger than the Umbrella Yeah, yeah (Perfect) Forever, you just gotta feel me, nigga Lil Tory (Cannon) [Verse] Told my bitch, “I love her”, she ain’t say it back My heart, I can’t play with that Fuck it, that’s that, and we made it that Runnin’ through the trap to find my re-up, …