
Karen Henderson
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6 days ago |
wwno.org | Karen Henderson |Alana Schreiber
Hurricane season is upon us, and the National Hurricane Center is predicting an above-average season. Preparations are starting, but cuts to both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency might impact hurricane forecasting and response. The Coastal Desk’s Eva Tesfaye tells us what these changes will mean for hurricane response.
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2 weeks ago |
wwno.org | Karen Henderson |Alana Schreiber
Louisiana lawmakers are asking Congress to bring back a federal program that helped schools buy food from local farms. It’s one of the cuts the Trump administration made to the Department of Agriculture. Education reporter Aubri Juhasz explains how one school district used the money and how cuts are impacting their current relationships with local farms.
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3 weeks ago |
wwno.org | Karen Henderson |Alana Schreiber
Last week, Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the new pope. Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, is the first American pope in the Vatican’s history. Although he was born and raised in Chicago, a local genealogist and historian quickly traced his family’s lineage to New Orleans. Jari Honora, family historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, tells us more about what he discovered about the pope’s familial ties to the Crescent City.
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1 month ago |
wwno.org | Karen Henderson |Alana Schreiber
Multiple U.S. citizens have been deported as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration. Recently, New Orleans ICE officials deported three children who are U.S. citizens to Honduras with their mothers. One of the children was undergoing cancer treatment. Lorena O’Neil has been reporting on this for Rolling Stone and joins us today to share more information. Seven Tulane students who participated in an off-campus protest are under investigation.
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1 month ago |
wwno.org | Karen Henderson |Alana Schreiber
Xavier University of Louisiana is making history by becoming the first HBCU in the country to offer varsity rowing and form a coed crew team, . The sport is more popular in the northeast, and has long been predominantly white and male. Xavier’s team is the latest example of rowing’s newfound popularity and diversification. To learn more about the Xavier University crew team we’re joined by three of the captains, Kamryn Days, Nyla Archibold, and Victoria Duffey.
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