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Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams strips the ball from New Orleans Pelicans forward Herbert Jones (5) in the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in New Orleans, Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Oklahoma City Thunder brushed off questions about youth, inexperience, in first-round playoff sweep

By Brett Martel - Associated Press

FILE - Cardell Hayes enters Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, Sept. 20, 2023, for a hearing regarding his retrial for shooting former NFL star Will Smith. Hayes is scheduled for sentencing Thursday, April 25, 2024, in a New Orleans courtroom. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Man who shot ex-Saints star Will Smith faces sentencing for manslaughter

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

FILE - Turbines operate at the Block Island Wind Farm, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I. The Biden administration is preparing to announce plans for a new five-year schedule to lease federal offshore tracts for wind energy production, with up to a dozen lease sales anticipated beginning this year and continuing through 2028. The plan was to be announced Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in New Orleans by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Biden administration is announcing plans for up to 12 lease sales for offshore wind energy

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New Orleans Pelicans forward Naji Marshall (8) reacts with forward Brandon Ingram after a turnover in the second half of an NBA basketball play-in tournament game against the Sacramento Kings in New Orleans, Friday, April 19, 2024. The Pelicans won 105-98. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Ingram, Valanciunas lift Zion-less New Orleans Pelicans past Kings and into the playoffs

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) goes to the basket in the first half of an NBA basketball play-in tournament game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

LeBron James, Lakers secure playoff berth with 110-106 win over Pelicans

By Brett Martel - Associated Press

FILE - Clarence "Frogman" Henry gestures during an interview at his home in Algiers, La., June 12, 2003. Henry, one of New Orleans’ best known old-time R&B singers who scored a hit at age 19 with “Ain't Got No Home" in 1956, has died at age 87. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, the New Orleans R&B singer behind the 1956 hit ‘Ain’t Got No Home,’ dies

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New Orleans Pelicans guard Jordan Hawkins, left, forward Zion Williamson and forward E.J. Liddell react from the bench in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Orlando Magic in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The Magic won 117-108. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Zion Williamson is dealing with a finger injury during the Pelicans’ playoff push

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

In this Jan. 27, 2014, file photo, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin arrives at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans. Nagin, who was convicted on federal bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges in 2014, has completed his 10-year sentence is asking a federal judge to restore his rights to carry a gun and vote. Prosecutors said Thursday, March 28, 2024, the New Orleans-based federal judge in the case has no authority to restore his federal firearms rights. And, it's up to the state of Texas, where he now lives, to decide on his voting privileges.(AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

Convicted ex-New Orleans mayor has done his time. Now, can he get the right to carry a gun?

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, including, from left, Kevin Bourgeois, John Gianoli, Richard Windmann and John Anderson, hold signs during a conference in front of the New Orleans Saints training facility, Jan. 29, 2020, in Metairie, La. Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana's Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file civil damage lawsuits over their molestation. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

Louisiana Legislature opened window for sex abuse survivors to sue, but state’s high court shut it

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Chase Young looks on before an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders, Dec. 31, 2023, in Landover, Md. The New Orleans Saints have agreed to terms of a one-year contract with free agent Young. The contract agreement, announced Monday, March 18, 2024, by Saints general manager Mickey Loomis, provides reinforcements to an edge pass rush that often struggled to get pressure last season. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr., File)

Saints, defensive end Chase Young agree on 1-year contract for former No. 2 overall pick

By Brett Martel - Associated Press

An array of hats decorated for St. Patrick's Day is displayed at a park in New Orleans during an Irish-themed fundraiser for a local school on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Although New Orleans is better known for French, Spanish, African American and Caribbean influences, the Irish have played a major role in the city's history, and the city celebrates the legacy with parades and parties centered around the March 17 St. Patrick's Day holiday. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)

When it’s St. Patrick’s Day in New Orleans, get ready to catch a cabbage

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

This undated family photo shows Samaher Esmail, a Palestinian-American from Louisiana who is being tried in Israeli military court for incitement, pictured on a family trip to Turkey. Esmail who was beaten, dragged out of her home and detained by Israeli authorities for over three weeks was released on bail Thursday Feb. 29, 2024 to wait out the remainder of her trial in the West Bank, the latest case to draw international attention to the prosecution of an American in Israeli military court. (Family handout via AP)

Palestinian-American woman who faces trial in Israeli military court is released on bail

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Trash lines the gutter on Bourbon Street, in the early hours of the morning after Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, Feb. 18, 2015. It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with outstretched arms. It's all in good fun but it's also a bit of a “plastics disaster,” says Judith Enck, a former Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator and president of the advocacy group Beyond Plastics. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)

Greening Mardi Gras: Environmentalists push alternatives to plastic Carnival beads in New Orleans

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Krewe du Vieux parades through the Marigny neighborhood in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Mardi Gras is coming. Here’s what to know about New Orleans’ parades and parties

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

New Orleans Pelicans' Zion Williamson (1) gestures to a referee during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Williamson caps 33-point outing with winning layup as Pelicans overcome Spurs 114-113

By Raul Dominguez - Associated Press

Lawren DiBella sprinkles colored sugar onto king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Fat Tuesday means big business for New Orleans bakers under exploding demand for king cakes

By Kevin Mcgill and Stephen Smith - Associated Press

Mardi Gras King Cakes by pastry chef Jean-Luc Albin at Maurice French Pastries are displayed on Feb. 10, 2011, in Metairie, La. A thief stole seven king cakes — about as many as he could carry — during a break-in last week at a New Orleans bakery. The thief also took cash and a case of vodka from Bittersweet Confections last Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, according to the New Orleans Police Department. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File

New Orleans thief steals 7 king cakes from bakery in a very Mardi Gras way

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Cardell Hayes enters Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, for a hearing regarding his retrial for shooting former NFL star Will Smith. Closing arguments were slated for Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in the manslaughter retrial of Hayes, who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith following a traffic crash almost eight years ago. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Closing arguments begin as retrial of ex-NFL star Smith’s killer nears an end

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

FILE - Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick Sr., answers a question during a news conference in New Orleans, May 25, 2001. Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades but later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

Harry Connick Sr. dies at 97

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Cardell Hayes enters Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, Sept. 20, 2023, for a hearing regarding his retrial for shooting former NFL star Will Smith. The manslaughter retrial for Hayes, who fatally shot New Orleans Saints star Smith almost eight years ago, was delayed Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, after an alternate juror dropped out. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Who was the aggressor? Vastly different views in retrial of man who killed ex-NFL star Smith in 2016

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