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close Video Thousands of Louisiana students remain out of school over a month since Hurricane Ida Following mass destruction from Hurricane Ida, contractors are working 24/ 7 to get schools back up and running.... That's my goal." This is the reality for many parents in southern Louisiana.... They're worrying about their children's basic necessities, like food and shelter....

In New Orleans an ongoing power outage after Hurricane Ida is making the sweltering summer unbearable.... More than 1, 200 people were walking through some of Ida’s hardest-hit communities to look for those needing help, according to the Louisiana Fire Marshal’s office.... President Joe Biden was scheduled to visit Louisiana on Friday to survey the damage, the White House said. Gayle Lawrence lost two cars, refrigerators and almost everything in her garage to floodwaters in southern Louisiana’

“ If you believe in the masks, go ahead, but don’t try to tell me what to do for my child’s health and safety and immune system, ” she said.... Louis woman said as she strolled the French Quarter without a mask.... “ For the last 18 months, I’ve done everything I’m supposed to do, and there are no repercussions for those who haven’t done what they’re supposed to do.” Elsewhere, Ford Motor Co. said it would reinstate mask protocols for all employees and visitors at its Missouri and Florida faci

The city was also using 70 transit buses as cooling sites and will have drive-thru food, water and ice distribution locations set up on Wednesday, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said.... John Bel Edwards said state officials also were working to set up distribution locations in other areas around the state. Cantrell ordered a nighttime curfew Tuesday, calling it an effort to prevent crime after Hurricane Ida left the entire city without power.... Jason Rivarde said the woman was found during rescue ope

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PARIS--No one disputes that the world is unfair.... Instead, they jostled for their own domestic use. But there are more specific reasons why vaccines have and have not reached the haves and have-nots. COVID-19 unexpectedly devastated wealthy countries first — and some of them were among the few places that make the vaccines.... Export restrictions kept the doses within their borders. There was a global purchase plan to provide vaccines for poorer countries, but it was so flawed and underfunde