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Commanders Palace sommelier Dan Davis laughs with participants and guests during the virtual circus themed wine and cheese party at Commanders Palace in New Orleans, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. For the past four months running, each Wednesday evening has brought a new edition of the Commander’s Palace virtual wine and cheese party or, as it’s known, “the show.” (Sophia Germer/The Advocate via AP)

Virtual wine party builds something vital for restaurants

By BY IAN MCNULTY and The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate - Associated Press

A tradition lives on at Alabama’s oldest restaurant

By BOB CARLTON and AL.Com - Associated Press

Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert (27) is unable to score as New Orleans Pelicans' Derrick Favors (22) defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)

Gobert lifts Jazz past Pelicans 106-104 in NBA restart

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Correction: Black Catholic History story

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson walks onto the court during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat in New Orleans. The rookie sensation’s availability to play remained unclear as the season’s resumption in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, approached. He left the NBA’s so-called “bubble” setup on July 16 to attend to an unspecified family medical matter. A week later, the club had yet to provide an update on his possible return. (AP Photo/Rusty Costanza, File)

Zion Williamson practicing, could play in Pelicans’ opener

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 12, 2019 file photo, Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) and Anthony Davis (3) look on during the first half during an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns in Phoenix. Davis’ status is uncertain with the restart of the NBA season looming. Davis, who left the Los Angeles Lakers’ second scrimmage after getting poked in the eye and didn’t play in the team’s exhibition finale at Walt Disney World, didn’t practice on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Davis could miss Lakers’ 1st game back after poke in eye

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Church nears settlement with US over Katrina aid

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FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers' Lou Williams brings the ball up during the team's NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia. Clippers coach Doc Rivers says Williams is expected to join the team for the NBA’s restart in Florida. Williams has described himself as “50-50” on whether he would finish out the pandemic-interrupted season because he didn’t want to distract from the ongoing push for social justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Williamson back in NBA quarantine, could be out on Tuesday

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Controversial New Orleans district attorney won’t run again

By KEVIN MCGILL and REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

A look at candidates signed up for Louisiana’s fall election

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A look at candidates signed up for Louisiana’s fall election

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A look at candidates signed up for Louisiana’s fall election

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FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson shoots free throws prior to an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas. The New Orleans Pelicans say top overall draft choice Zion Williamson has left the club to attend to an urgent family medical matter. The Pelicans say Williamson intends to rejoin the team in the Orlando area for the resumption of the season. But the club has not said whether the former Duke star would be able to return or whether he’ll miss any games because of his departure on Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)

Pandemic Basketball begins, with some comforts of home

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Brees, Saints look for Super Bowl run after recent misses

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

New Orleans could get 1st transgender homeless refuge in US

Associated Press

Serigne Mbaye prepares for his Dakar NOLA pop-up at New Orleans' Southern Food and Beverage Museum on Friday, June 12, 2020. (Todd A. Price/The Daily Advertiser via AP)

Chef plans to bring Senegalese cooking to Louisiana

By TODD A. PRICE and The American South by The USA Today Network - Associated Press

A man walks by the closed Tropical Isle Bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. A sharp increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations is forcing bars to shut down again just a month after they were allowed to partially reopen. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Let the good times … hold. Virus recloses New Orleans bars

By KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson sits on the sideline with his wife, Gayle Benson, before an NFL football game in New Orleans. An Associated Press review of public tax documents found that the Bensons' foundation has given at least $62 million to the Archdiocese of New Orleans and other Catholic causes over the past dozen years, including gifts to schools, universities, charities and individual parishes. (AP Photo/Bill Feig, File)

Judge denies media request to unseal files on Saints owner

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

FILE - Carrie Mingo Douglas, a member of the Pontchartrain Park neighborhood association and chair of the association's historic district committee, walks around the historic sign of the housing development that she helps maintain in New Orleans, in a Friday, June 8, 2018 file photo. Pontchartrain Park, the first subdivision built for middle- and upper-class Black residents of New Orleans is now on the National Register of Historic Places. (Max Becherer /The Advocate via AP, File)

New Orleans’ 1st Black subdivision officially historic

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards makes remarks and answers questions during a news conference about the state's COVID-19 situation, the effects of tropical storm Cristobal, special session legislative action and recent protests in Louisiana after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, and movement toward police reforms Monday, June 8, 2020, at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP, Pool)

Edwards: Masks now required, bars to be closed statewide

By Chevel Johnson and Melinda Deslatte - Associated Press