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Christiana Botic/Verite News and Catchlight Local/Report for AmericaCalvin Duncan, who was elected to New Orleans’ clerk of criminal court position, has resumed his federal lawsuit against state officials and the law that abolished his position. -
Photo courtesy of New Orleans City ArchivesTanner Riley has spent years searching for his grandfather's NOPD service records. What he found revealed something deeper about memory, history and the people willing to preserve both. -
Courtesy of Cassandra Glaspie/LSUAt approximately 1,332 square miles, the low oxygen area is the second-smallest in four decades of measurement. -
Mel Bridges / WWNOAfter more than 20 years of sitting vacant, demolition of the hospital began Tuesday (Aug. 11). Demolition will take months.
Born and raised in Carencro, Kristen Foreman is here in the studio! She is an upcoming "old soul" in today's Country Music in Nashville and Texas. With lyrics rooted in Louisiana culture and a smooth classic Country sound, Kristen Foreman is, no doubt, making waves in the industry.
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Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesMills is the latest lawmaker in a recent string of congressional members facing scandals and allegations of domestic abuse while running for elected office. -
Aurore Marechal/Getty ImagesThe ABC Network has sued the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that the Trump administration is violating its First Amendment rights by challenging ABC broadcast licenses and investigating the network's talk show "The View."
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!["If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Shrinking star Jason Segel says. He's shown above in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8ccaec9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1257x700+0+3/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F1257x707%200%2012%2Fresize%2F1257x707%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F36%2F12%2Ff8a4f2ef4859a87c96d08eed1312%2Fimage-13.png)
"If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Segel says. He plays a widowed therapist who offers very blunt advice in the Apple TV series Shrinking.
!["If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Shrinking star Jason Segel says. He's shown above in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c22e3f2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1257x700+0+3/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F1257x707%200%2012%2Fresize%2F1257x707%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F36%2F12%2Ff8a4f2ef4859a87c96d08eed1312%2Fimage-13.png)
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