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People with disabilities overlooked in climate planning

Drew Costley, Associated Press October 14, 2022

When the inevitable hurricanes threaten New Orleans, it's hard for India Scott to figure where to go. In the city where she was born and raised, she’s stayed in hotels, relief shelters and, during Hurricane...

Customer looks at Starbucks sign

Canal Street Starbucks closes due to high crime rate

Macie Batson, Senior Staff Writer October 10, 2022

Loyola students, known for forming a line around the satellite Starbucks location outside the university dining hall, will no longer be able to visit another branch of their favorite coffee shop in downtown...

Skateboard in front of abandoned site

Experts weigh in on dangers of attractive nuisances

Maria DiFelice, Asst News Editor October 9, 2022

Loyola students’ social media profiles feature photos of them posed at a variety of abandoned buildings around New Orleans. But with both the recent death of a local teen over the summer and the buildings...

bars with hands on them resembling a jail

Man in solitary confinement sues Louisiana correctional center citing cruel punishment

Ava Acharya, News Editor October 8, 2022

Tomarcus Porter said that he is unable to exercise properly, treat his mental health, sanitize his environment or protect himself from harsh weather conditions while incarcerated in solitary confinement...

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Loyola professor negates Night Out Against Crime

Gabrielle Korein, Photo Editor October 6, 2022

The Night Out Against Crime is a nationwide event meant to bolster support for local, national, and federal law enforcement agencies, increase awareness of crime prevention tactics among civilians, and...

Picture of Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as Category 4

Cristiana Mesquita/Curt Anderson, Associated Press October 5, 2022

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. Ian was forecast to...

A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2021. Testing before and after elections show the voting machines accurately tally the ballots, contradicting a relentless campaign of unfounded conspiracy theories that has undermined confidence in voting equipment throughout the U.S.

Voting systems reliable despite conspiracies

Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press October 4, 2022

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies have whipped up a relentless campaign of attacks against voting equipment since his loss in the 2020 election. After nearly two years, no...

New Orleans bike lane

Bike infrastructure removal causes mixed reactions

Domonique Tolliver, Managing Editor for Digital October 4, 2022

In response to community concerns, District C Councilman Freddie King III proposed an ordinance to remove bike lane infrastructure, such as flex posts and concrete barriers, from parts of Algiers. The...

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Dr. Norman C. Francis documentary premieres

Macie Batson, Senior Staff Writer September 29, 2022

WYES-TV is kicking off their 65 years of service celebration with a one-hour documentary honoring Norman C. Francis, Loyola’s first Black graduate, and his remarkable life, according to WYES Executive...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks

Louisiana receives pandemic funds

Fatima Hussein, Associated Press September 28, 2022

According to AP news, Louisiana was one of the states to receive a portion of the country’s $8.28 billion in pandemic funds. On the same day the Federal Reserve gave a sobering report on the U.S....

dark sky and water

Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water

Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer September 27, 2022

Hurricane Ian is quickly gaining monstrous strength as it moves over oceans partly heated up by climate change, just like 30 other Atlantic tropical storms since 2017 that became much more powerful in...

Hurricane Fiona hits Puerto Rico

Arianna D’Antonio, Worldview Editor September 26, 2022

Hurricane Fiona made landfall along the extreme southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, near Punta Tocon, at 3:20 p.m. eastern time Sunday with winds of 85 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The...

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