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FILE – In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, the Butterfly King float makes it way down St. Charles Ave. near Canal Street as Rex rolls on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans. There wonâ€™t be any parades on Mardi Gras or during the weeks leading up to it because they just can’t fit within restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, a city spokesman said Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, The 250-person cap on outdoor crowds is â€œa hard number. You canâ€™t have traditional parades with that small a group,â€ city spokesman Beau Tidwell said. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP, File) LABAT300 LABAT300

November 17, 2020 at 3:18 pm

New Orleans: Coronavirus nixes Mardi Gras-season parades

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November 16, 2020 at 11:07 am

Corps suspends $9.4B plastics complex permit for review

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November 12, 2020 at 1:00 pm

Calls for independent investigation of Black teen’s death

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November 4, 2020 at 4:36 pm

Army Corps reconsidering permit for $9.4B plastics complex

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October 21, 2020 at 9:49 am

Suit: Feds ignore risk of huge spills to endangered species

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October 15, 2020 at 2:06 pm

Judge continues halt of California’s ban on gator products

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FILE – In this July 30, 2019, file photo, a red-cockaded woodpecker looks to a biologist as it is released back into in a long leaf pine forest at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. A bird declared endangered in 1970 — the red-cockaded woodpecker, which taps pine sap to protect babies from snakes and gets its sons to help care for the next clutch of nestlings — has recovered enough to relax federal protection, officials said Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) NYPH600 NYPH600

September 25, 2020 at 8:37 am

Feds: Relax protections for woodpecker endangered since 1970

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September 9, 2020 at 11:08 am

Hurricane hit oil storage site, but no shortages expected

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Laura caused significant damage at a site holding about 30% of the nation’s store of emergency crude oil, but three...

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September 8, 2020 at 10:40 am

Tiny critically endangered gorilla baby born in New Orleans

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August 28, 2020 at 9:25 pm

A wobble, luck and preparations lessened Laura’s devastation VIEW

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