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This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Zeta, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, at 2110 GMT (5:10 p.m. ET). (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR via AP)

Zeta re-strengthens to a hurricane, takes aim at Gulf Coast

By Kevin McGill and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. A strengthening Tropical Storm Zeta is expected to become a hurricane Monday as it heads toward the eastern end of Mexico's resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula and then likely move on for a possible landfall on the central U.S. Gulf Coast at midweek. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)

Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim

By REBECCA SANTANA and STACEY PLAISANCE - Associated Press

DOJ grant to go toward Wrongful Conviction Clinic at LSU

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) reacts after diving over the pile for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)

Saints’ season starting to resemble past 3 playoff pushes

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (5) works against the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Saints face ‘frenemy’ in Panthers QB Bridgewater

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 31, 2018, file photo, Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Two people with knowledge of the situation say Stan Van Gundy has agreed to become the next coach of the New Orleans Pelicans, where he’ll get the chance to work with No. 1 overall draft pick Zion Williamson. Van Gundy agreed to a four-year contract, according to one of the people who spoke Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the hiring has not been announced. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Stan Van Gundy agrees to become New Orleans Pelicans’ coach

By TIM REYNOLDS and BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery (32) finds some running room against the Carolina Panthers during the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)

Carolina Panthers could use McCaffrey’s help in red zone

By STEVE REED - Associated Press

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees reacts after defeating the Los Angeles Chargers in overtime of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. The Saints won 30-27. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Saints will host Carolina inside dome in New Orleans

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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019 file photo, New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell speaks at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening the newly built main terminal of the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, La. Cantrell came to the Louisiana Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, to ask for money to help the city's coronavirus-damaged budget, but Republican lawmakers questioned her economic reopening decisions rather than offering her promises of aid. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

New Orleans mayor asks lawmakers for aid, gets skepticism

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) dives over the goal line for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Brees, Lutz lift Saints past hard-luck Chargers, 30-27 in OT

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Chargers-Saints a sentimental showdown for QB Brees

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

Bernie Arnould, center, gets help from Kaden Ashley and D.J. Hebert, left, all with Pelican Companies, as they board up the windows to the front of MC Bank in Amelia, La., Wednesday, Oct., 7, 2020, in In preparation for Hurricane Delta. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

‘Sheer anxiety’: Louisiana braces itself for Hurricane Delta

By Stacey Plaisance and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

This Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 satellite image made available by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico at 10:41 a.m. EDT. Delta made landfall Wednesday just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun as an extremely dangerous Category 2 storm. (NOAA via AP)

The Latest: Hurricane warning for stretch of US Gulf Coast

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

fill sandbags to protect their home in anticipation of Hurricane Delta, expected to arrive along the Gulf Coast later this week, in Houma, La., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Busy 2020 hurricane season has Louisiana bracing a 6th time

By STACEY PLAISANCE and REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Saints’ offense gets back to Payton-Brees era norm

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) leaps as he carries on a 52 yard touchdown pass play in the second half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)

Saints’ Kamara on early pace for his most productive season

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) loses the ball as he is hit by Green Bay Packers linebacker Delontae Scott (98) in the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans. The Saints and Detroit Lions are in unfamiliar territory. New Orleans has lost consecutive games for the first time in three years and Detroit just ended an 11-game, 11-month losing streak. The matchup of teams with 1-2 records on Sunday at Ford Field may prove to be pivotal. (AP Photo/Brett Duke, File)

Saints and Lions match up with both in unfamiliar territory

By LARRY LAGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2010 file photo, a horse makes his way through the early morning fog at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Federal prosecutors say the owners of the horse racing track in New Orleans have agreed to pay a $2.8 million penalty for letting horse manure and urine into the city’s drainage system for at least six years and to spend twice that on ending the discharges. The U.S. Justice Department described the fine to be paid by Churchill Downs Inc. as the largest ever paid by a “concentrated animal feeding” operation under the Clean Water Act, news outlets reported. (AP Photo/Alexander Barkoff, File)

Race track settles with feds for manure, urine discharges

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New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) is tackled by Green Bay Packers linebacker Ty Summers (44) in the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Summers’ time? Packers LB aims to capitalize on opportunity

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Green Bay Packers' Davante Adams tries to get away from Detroit Lions' Will Harris during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)

Packers’ Davante Adams unsure of his status for Saints game

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press