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2 months ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jeff Amy |Jack Brook |Stephen Smith
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2025 is approaching its climax in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast, with big parades rolling down the main routes as some revelers get fancied up for formal balls while others dress in costume to poke fun and make merry. Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Reena Flores |Stephen Smith |Caitlin Gilbert |Sam Bair
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s selection has raised red flags among medical experts and public health officials, especially because of his stance on vaccines. Health reporter Lauren Weber and data reporter Caitlin Gilbert examined hundreds of appearances that RFK Jr. has made to understand the extent of his disparaging claims about vaccines. Today on “Post Reports,” Weber discusses what they exclusively unearthed and what it all means for the contentious confirmation battle ahead.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Reena Flores |Sean Carter |Stephen Smith |Emma Talkoff |Rennie Svirnovskiy
Eavesdrop on Post Opinions columnists as they have frank, thoughtful conversations on the news moments we can’t stop thinking about.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Stephen Smith |Kate Payne
By Stephen Smith, Kate Payne and Heather Hollingsworth | APSeptember 29, 2024 at 12:58 a.m. EDTPERRY, Fla. — Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and knocked out power to millions of people.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Stephen Smith |Kate Payne |Heather Hollingsworth
PERRY, Fla. — Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 52 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Stephen Smith |Kate Payne
By Stephen Smith, Kate Payne and Heather Hollingsworth | APSeptember 28, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. EDTPERRY, Fla. — Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Stephen Smith |Kate Payne |Heather Hollingsworth
In Citrus County, some 120 miles (193 kilometers) south of Perry, first responders were out in boats early Friday to rescue people trapped by the flooding. A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. “If you are trapped and need help please call for rescuers – DO NOT TRY TO TREAD FLOODWATERS YOURSELF,” the sheriff’s office warned in a Facebook post. The water may contain live wires, sewage, sharp objects and other debris, they posted.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Heather Hollingsworth |Stephen Smith
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an “unsurvivable” storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said. Helene is expected to be a major hurricane — meaning a Category 3 or higher — when it makes landfall on Florida's northwestern coast Thursday evening.
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May 9, 2024 | 
boston25news.com | Stephen Smith |Mike Schneider
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — (AP) — A Florida sheriff's deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force airman inside his apartment in the state's Panhandle, body camera video shown to reporters Thursday shows. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden presented the video hours after the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson and their attorneys held a news conference in which they disputed that the deputy acted in self-defense.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
wtva.com | Kevin McGill |Stephen Smith |Collin Binkley
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Oct. 7 Hamas raid on Israel - and Israel's response - have led to demonstrations on college campuses that have sometimes turned violent. The unease is felt acutely at Tulane University in New Orleans, where 43% of students are Jewish. An Oct. 26 demonstration on a street running through campus erupted in violence between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counter-demonstrators supporting Israel.
