It’s Fat Tuesday. Even though New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras 500 miles away, Middle Tennessee is increasingly getting into the spirit of the day. You’ll be hard-pressed to find locals more in the spirit than a couple in Inglewood. They’re sharing that joy with everyone.
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Mardi Gras 2021 was a very quiet, socially distanced event. And festivities were still a bit subdued in 2022, at least by pre-pandemic standards.
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For decades, Supreme Court justices have dodged questions related to conflicts of interest by saying essentially “Trust us” or “We’re different.” They’ve refused to be bound by an official ethics code and grievance procedures that cover other federal judges.
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Many roads in Palm Springs are named after famous celebrities from “Old Hollywood.” However, one pioneer and successful businessman made a great migration from New Orleans to Palm Springs in the 1920s. In doing that, he paved the way for dozens of marginalized families to live and prosper.
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(CNN) — Water rescues still were underway Thursday across parts of the Northeast after the remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed deadly and paralyzing flooding at shocking speed in the New York City and Philadelphia areas and elsewhere. The storm dumped rain at sometimes unprecedented rates Wednesday night — several inches per hour — bringing flooding […]
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(CNN) — Sean Payton, head coach of the New Orleans Saints, tweeted on Thursday that he is at home and has the novel coronavirus. “Appreciate the well wishes. I’m feeling better and fortunate to not have any of the respiratory symptoms. 4 more days at home. #BEATCovid,” he wrote, referring to the name of the disease […]
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Vince Vaughn may want to give Ellen DeGeneres a call. Like DeGeneres, the actor is being criticized for chatting up a president at a sporting event. A brief video of Vaughn chatting with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump during the college football playoff national championship game Monday in New Orleans, Louisiana, has […]
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His life nowadays is spent doting on his great grandkids. But Lawrence Brooks also wears another hat: He is the oldest American to have served in World War II. He is 110. Only 389,292 of the 16 million who served in the war are still alive. But, according to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, […]
