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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2016, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin speaks at a news conference before the team's NBA basketball game between the Chicago Bulls and the Cavaliers in Cleveland. Three people familiar with the situation say the New Orleans Pelicans have reached an agreement in principle to make former Cavaliers GM Griffin the Hornets' new executive vice president of basketball operations. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because contract negotiations are ongoing and no announcement has been made. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Pelicans’ Griffin: Gentry staying, and perhaps Davis, too

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2016, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin speaks at a news conference before the team's NBA basketball game between the Chicago Bulls and the Cavaliers in Cleveland. Three people familiar with the situation say the New Orleans Pelicans have reached an agreement in principle to make former Cavaliers GM Griffin the Hornets' new executive vice president of basketball operations. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because contract negotiations are ongoing and no announcement has been made. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

AP sources: Pelicans hiring former Cavs GM Griffin

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard reacts after being called for a foul against the Denver Nuggets during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2019, in Denver. The Nuggets won 119-110. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Back as a 3 seed, Portland looks to avoid another early exit

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, Memphis Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace stands on the court before an NBA basketball game between the Grizzlies and the Sacramento Kings in Memphis, Tenn. The Grizzlies have fired coach J.B. Bickerstaff as part of a front-office shake-up in which general manager Chris Wallace was demoted to a scout Thursday, April 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)

Grizzlies fire coach J.B. Bickerstaff, reassign GM to scout

By CLAY BAILEY - Associated Press

New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis, wearing a 'That's All Folks,' T-shirt under his jacket, exits the floor, possibly for the last time at a Pelican, after an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in New Orleans, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. The Warriors won 112-103. (AP Photo/Scott Threlkeld)

Pelicans, Davis enter offseason with major changes looming

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield, left, tries to stop New Orleans Pelicans guard Ian Clark during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 7, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Clark, Payton help Pelicans rally past Kings 133-129

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN - Associated Press

Winners of 2018 Louisiana-Mississippi AP awards

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New Orleans police: Murders cut nearly in half over 2018

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This photograph, taken Jan. 30, 2016 and provided by AWE News, shows a copy of a March 14, 1891, newspaper advertisement as shown in the Musee Conti Wax Museum exhibit about the lynching of 11 Italian immigrants, three of whom had been acquitted a day earlier in the murder of the city's police chief. The mayor of New Orleans plans an apology to Italian-Americans for what’s considered the nation’s largest lynching _ violence in which 11 Italian immigrants were killed after acquittals in a police chief’s murder. “This has been a longstanding wound,” said Michael Santo of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy. The lynching in 1891 and responses to it prompted Italy to close its U.S. embassy, followed by a reciprocal U.S. embassy closing, he said. (AWE News via AP)

Mayor to apologize for 1891 lynching of 11 Italian Americans

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

New Orleans sue several oil, gas firms over coastal erosion

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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2018, file photo, Oakland Raiders tight end Jared Cook (87) makes a catch against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, in Glendale, Ariz. Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says 2018 Pro Bowl tight end Jared Cook has agreed to the terms of a free-agent contract with New Orleans. The 6-foot-5, 254-pound Cook is a 10-year veteran coming off his best season yet. He caught 68 passes for 896 yards and six touchdowns with Oakland last season and was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time.(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Cook makes move to Saints for personal, professional reasons

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

FILE - March 8, 2018 file photo, workers open the gates of the Bonnet Carre spillway, a river diversion structure, which diverts water from the rising Mississippi River, above right, to Lake Pontchartrain, in Norco, La. The Mississippi River is falling at New Orleans, and crews have begun closing the historic flood control structure that diverts the river’s water into a brackish lake, the Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The process could take about 10 days to two weeks if the weather remains good, Corps spokesman Matt Roe said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Mississippi falling, Corps closing spillway near New Orleans

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

Police: Man who shot driver 18 times claims other crimes

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The letter from Attorney General William Barr to Congress on the conclusions reached by special counsel Robert Mueller in the Russia probe photographed on Sunday, March 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

The Latest: Americans talk about Mueller report

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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2019 file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, in Primghar, Iowa. King says he was told that victims of Hurricane Katrina only asked for help, unlike Iowans. King told his constituents Thursday that as New Orleans recovered from the 2005 storm, someone from FEMA told him that “everybody’s looking around saying, who’s gonna help me, who’s gonna help me?” In contrast, King said, “Iowans take care of each other.” New Orleans is mostly black. Iowa is mostly white. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

King: Katrina victims only asked for help, unlike Iowans

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New Orleans man pleads guilty in 2016 bicyclist’s death

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In this Feb. 26, 2019 photo, artist Aaron Angelo takes a sledgehammer to the leg of a baby grand piano in a house where two rooms are being transformed to look as they might have looked once floodwaters receded following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The house sits in front of one of the flood walls that failed when Katrina hit nearly 14 years ago. The nonprofit group Levees.org bought the house and is transforming it as part of its effort to educate the public on the causes of the 2005 flood. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)

Sorrow revisited: Re-creating Katrina’s muck in New Orleans

By KEVIN McGILL and STACEY PLAISANCE - Associated Press

Orlando Magic guard Evan Fournier (10) goes up for a 3-pointer during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Fournier, Gordon lead Magic to 119-96 rout over Pelicans

By BILL FAY - Associated Press

Abilene Christian forward Joe Pleasant (32) pulls in a rebound between New Orleans guard Bryson Robinson (4) and forward Scott Plaisance Jr., right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game for the Southland Conference men's tournament title Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Katy, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Abilene Christian wins Southland for 1st NCAA berth

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Phoenix Suns forward Kelly Oubre Jr. (3) shoots over New Orleans Pelicans guard Elfrid Payton (4) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Saturday, March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)

Jackson, Booker lift Suns over Pelicans in OT, 138-136

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press