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Saronic lays keel for its first 150-foot Autonomous ship at its new Louisiana shipyard
Naval news
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August 26, 2025
Saronic press release This milestone marks the official start of production for a new class of fully autonomous ships that will shape the future of maritime operations for the U.S., its allies, and commercial customers around the world. Earlier...
Meta’s Louisiana data center could cost upwards of $50B
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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August 26, 2025
Meta’s ambitious Louisiana data center project is drawing fresh attention after former President Donald Trump claimed its price tag could reach $50 billion, Bloomberg reports. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump said he was stunned when...
List: Most expensive homes in New Orleans ranked by price
FOX 8 - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Stacker compiled a list of the most expensive homes in New Orleans listed for sale on realtor.com . Homes are ranked by price with ties broken by price per square foot. #30. 4626 St Charles Ave, New Orleans Price: $2,365,000 6...
Katrina archives: Live blog shows how hurricane hit New Orleans hour by hour
Nola - Louisiana
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This live blog was originally published Aug. 29, 2005, and updated as Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. It is part of The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer-winning coverage of Katrina and is being republished for the 20th anniversary of the storm....
Cassidy highlights federal funding impacts during visits in Northeast Louisiana
Central Louisiana News
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August 25, 2025
Senator Bill Cassidy | Sen. Bill Cassidy Official WebsiteSenator Bill Cassidy | Sen. Bill Cassidy Official Website U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy visited West Monroe to engage with local business and community leaders during a Coffee and Conversation...
VITAL ENERGY INVESTOR ALERT by the Former Attorney General of Louisiana: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Adequacy of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Vital Energy, Inc. – VTLE
The AI Journal
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August 26, 2025
NEW YORK & NEW ORLEANS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) are investigating the proposed sale of Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE: VTLE) to Crescent Energy...
Victoria's Toy Station closing up shop, new business moving into space
WBRZ ABC 2 - Louisiana
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August 26, 2025
BATON ROUGE - Victoria's Toy Station will be closing on Thursday after four decades in business. Victoria's opened in 1981 in Catfish Town and moved to Government Street in 1987, where they've been selling toys since. Shoppers have until 6 p.m....
2une In Previews: Plan Baton Rouge III community survey
WBRZ ABC 2 - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
BATON ROUGE — Plan Baton Rouge III is the culmination of a 27-year project aimed at reviving downtown Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Area Foundation's Eric Dexter said Monday on 2une In. "Over 20 or so years, we've had nearly $3 billion in investments,...
How Hurricane Katrina forever changed 3 New Orleans educators
WJCL TV - Georgia
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August 25, 2025
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina changed the face of education in New Orleans forever. The school system was utterly destroyed and then utterly transformed, becoming the first and only all-charter school district in the country.Related video...
Katrina archives: The life stories behind the storm victims in New Orleans
Nola - Louisiana
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This story was originally published Nov. 27, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer-winning coverage. Susie Joseph Sparks, 1959-2005 Edward Sparks Jr., 1992-2005...
Pumpkin spice latte returns to Starbucks as company hopes for fall boost
NBC News
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August 26, 2025
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. SpaceX launches its 10th test flight of Starship spacecraft 11:36 Now Playing Pumpkin spice latte returns to Starbucks as company hopes for fall boost 04:17 UP...
Chargers acquire tackle Austin Deculus from Texans in a trade
Winnipeg Free Press
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August 27, 2025
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers on Tuesday acquired tackle Austin Deculus from the Houston Texans. The Chargers will send a 2027 conditional seventh-round pick to Houston. Deculus was picked sixth by Houston in the 2022 NFL...
Recess at Rouzan: Wellness pop-up to raise money for Iris Domestic Violence Center
WVLA - Louisiana
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August 27, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) – If you’re looking to move, connect, and recharge this weekend, Recess at Rouzan might be just the thing to kickstart your Saturday. Recess at Rouzan is a family-friendly wellness pop-up and 5K social run...
Louisiana official renews call for seafood inspection fees following shrimp recalls
SeafoodSource
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An official in the U.S. state of Louisiana has renewed his calls for there to be a national inspection fee on imported seafood in the wake of recalls of frozen shrimp contaminated by radiation. On 14 August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Fire strikes Gentilly restaurant PeeWee's Crabcakes, but the local business carries on
Nola - Louisiana
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The seafood restaurant PeeWee's Crabcakes got its start by founder Charles "PeeWee" Armstrong cooking in his apartment kitchen and selling lunch plates to his neighbors. It evolved from a pop-up to a takeout shop in Central City and its following...
Attorney general coalition demanding companies end predatory AI interactions with children
DGR News
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A group of 44 Attorneys General are demanding that some major artificial intelligence companies stop making harmful content on their platforms accessible to children. The letter, sent to Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Google, Luka Inc., Meta,...
LSUA Welcomes Britni Lilley as Business Consultant for the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at LSUA
KLAX - Louisiana
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ALEXANDRIA, La. - On August 26, Louisiana State University of Alexandria (LSUA) hosted an open house to welcome Britni Lilley as the new Business Consultant for the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at LSUA (LSBDC at LSUA). A seasoned...
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans East still demands its future
KMBZ - Kansas
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August 25, 2025
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, many neighborhoods in Louisiana and Mississippi have fully recovered or even rebuilt better; but others still struggle to come back, and may never be what they once were. The fight continues in New Orleans...
Did Bossier City parking lot quotes totaling $280K violate Louisiana's public bid law?
The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate - Louisiana
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The quotes sent by the contractor that Bossier City Mayor Tommy Chandler's administration engaged in February to reconstruct and connect two private parking lots owned by adjacent businesses on Benton Road totaled $280,000. That amount is over the...
Trump Says Meta to Spend $50 Billion on Louisiana Data Center
PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts
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August 26, 2025
President Donald Trump said Tuesday (Aug. 26) that Meta plans to spend $50 billion on the Hyperion data center it is building in Louisiana. Trump said this during a Cabinet meeting and held up a graphic that he said was given to him by Meta CEO...