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7 tall ships and 3, 000 sailors coming to New Orleans this week ahead of America's 250th birthday
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (840+ words) ARA Libertad is a 340-foot, three-masted, steel-hulled tall ship based in Buenos Aires. Built in 1963, it carries 28, 545 square feet of sail and a crew of officers, sailors and cadets. One of the world's largest and fastest tall ships, it serves…...
Here are all the tall ships coming to New Orleans for Sail 250
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (660+ words) Seven tall ships and five other military vessels are coming to New Orleans for America's 250 birthday. The Esmeralda is a steel-hulled, four-masted barquentine serving as Chile's sail training ship, often called "La Dama Blanca" ("The White Lady"), capable of both…...
Ahead of Memorial Day, Louisiana drivers are feeling the strain at the pump
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1021+ words) A sign advertises $3. 99 gasoline on Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans, Friday, May 22, 2026. Cars wait in line for gas at Costco in New Orleans, Thursday, May 21, 2026. at the Hellenic Cultural Center in New Orleans, Thursday, May 21, 2026. Gas prices are over four…...
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5+ day, 13+ hour ago (29+ words) NOLA. com Electronics and Marine Technician Nick Carpenter works on a boat control box Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at Chance Maritime Technologies in Lafayette, La....
Speed humps are working to slow Mandeville speeding
1+ week, 56+ min ago (281+ words) A speed hump installed in neighboring Madisonville is also reducing vehicle speeding. Attention Mandeville residents: Speed tables may soon be coming to a street near you. City officials say the experimental speed tables installed at locations on Heavens Drive, Skipper…...
Louisiana gas prices top $4 ahead of summer travel. Here's what you'll pay in your parish.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (352+ words) A motorist pulls up to a fuel pump at a gas station in Shreveport, La. , Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Average gas prices in Louisiana reached over $4 a gallon Thursday just ahead of the summer travel season, as the U. S. s continued conflict with…...
Golf carts are flooding these MS, AL, FL beach cities. But the surge means new rules.
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (833+ words) Carts are a popular mode of transportation in downtown Bay St. Louis. Every week, another wave of customers arrives to snatch up the golf carts Janet Steele rents out from her business, Dauphin Island Rent and Roll. "We love it,…...
Is Waymo ready for New Orleans? See what's next for the robotaxis after 6 months of testing
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (803+ words) A Waymo self-driving car is on display outside of the Louisiana NOW tent near the Riverwalk Mall on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Nearly six months after announcing it was expanding to New Orleans, autonomous ride-hailing company Waymo has yet to debut driverless…...
How will Waymo's self-driving cars handle New Orleans potholes and parades?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1289+ words) A Waymo self-driving vehicle is on display outside the Louisiana NOW tent near the Riverwalk Outlets on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. When self-driving taxi company Waymo announced plans last month to launch its service in New Orleans in 2026, the news drew cheers…...
Pensacola Beach paramotor
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (52+ words) NOLA. com Neal Smith, a paramotor pilot from Montgomery, Alabama, often flies in Pensacola Beach, Florida. This growing sport has pilots from across the South flocking to Gulf Coast beaches. Why? On the beach beside his home, Robbie Cole straps…...