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Storms continue Friday with more rain expected Saturday

Storms continue Friday with more rain expected Saturday

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Storms continue Friday with more rain expected Saturday

More heavy rain could lead to flash flooding Friday and Saturday. We will finally dry out Sunday.

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What's the status of a fourth stimulus check?

Nearly 160 million Americans have received some or all of their $1,400 stimulus check. Now many want to know if there will be another.
Coronavirus

Coronavirus hug image named World Press Photo of the Year

A curtain of clear plastic — its yellow edges folded into a shape resembling a pair of butterfly wings — offers protection, as does the nurse's face mask.
Clancy's Commentaries

Clancy: State lawmakers shouldn't play politics with $3 billion relief money

Among the topics that state lawmakers will consider this year is the question of how best to spend more than 3 billion dollars in federal COVID relief money.

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'It is alarming', NOPD works to end carjackings and other violent crimes

A 13-year-old was recently arrested for a carjacking on Toulouse Street April 6 that left a 73-year-old woman with a broken pelvis.
Father of missing man heads out on Gulf to search for son himself

"Dylan's a good son, my firstborn. He's got the spirit to make it, but I'd just like to know. If he's on the water, I'm going to find him," Daspit said.

VERIFY

VERIFY: Congress can change the number of Supreme Court justices. But this hasn't been done in over 150 years

The Verify team looked into whether Congress can change the number of Supreme Court justices, after some top Democrats proposed adding four new seats to the bench.
Chauvin defense witness is named in a federal wrongful death lawsuit

Dr. David Fowler was a chief medical examiner in Maryland at the time Anton Black died in a manner his family says is similar to what happened to George Floyd.