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People check out the waves on Lakeshore Drive in New Orleans, La., Friday, as water moves in from Lake Pontchartrain from the storm surge from Tropical Storm Barry.

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Tropical Storm Barry closes in with what could be epic rain

by Kevin Mcgill Associated Press, and Janet Mcconnaughey Associated PressJuly 12, 2019

NEW ORLEANS — Homeowners sandbagged their doors and tourists trying to get out of town jammed the airport Friday as Tropical Storm Barry began rolling in with the potential for an epic drenching that could prove whether New Orleans and the rest of…

American-born news anchor Marzieh Hashemi, right, smiles as she stands with her son in Tehran, Iran.

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American anchor for Iranian TV is arrested on visit to US

by Janet Mcconnaughey Associated PressJanuary 16, 2019

In this photo taken July 26, 2018, Andrew Caldera, of San Antonio, lifts daughter Jianna, 5, so she can hit a high-up rattling leaf of a sculpture called "Musical Seaweed" at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. Big sister Jayla, 10, and baby sister Zaylei, 1, look on. The sculpture is part of a project called Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)

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Huge sea-life sculptures made from ocean’s plastic trash

by Janet Mcconnaughey Associated PressAugust 1, 2018

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, legendary musician Fats Domino is named "Honorary Grand Marshall" of the Krewe of Orpheus, the star-studded Carnival club that traditionally parades the night before Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Domino, the amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music even as it honored the grand, good-humored tradition of the Crescent City, has died. He was 89. Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner's office, said Domino died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Doug Parker, File)

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Fats Domino, rock ’n’ roll pioneer, dies at 89

by Janet Mcconnaughey Associated Press, and Kevin Mcgill Associated PressOctober 25, 2017

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2008 file photo, Fats Domino waves to fans before a ceremony re-presenting two Grammy awards to replace the ones that he lost from Hurricane Katrina's flooding in New Orleans. Domino, the amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music even as it honored the grand, good-humored tradition of the Crescent City, has died. He was 89. Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner's office, said Domino died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)

Fats Domino, rock ’n’ roll pioneer has died at age 89

by Janet Mcconnaughey Associated Press, and Kevin Mcgill Associated PressOctober 25, 2017