Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in New Orleans.
UMC's Trauma Center helps lower city's homicide rate by saving lives
The Trauma Center's records show, when it comes to serious gunshot wounds from assaults in Orleans Parish alone, over the last eight years the medical team is saving between 80% and 90% of the victims.
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Ready for king cake? So are New Orleans bakeries
For the second year, you can find some of the most popular king cakes from different bakeries all in one place right off Canal Street.
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Volunteers needed for Battle of New Orleans commemoration events
Volunteers are needed Jan. 9-11 in St. Bernard Parish.
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Man shot, killed in New Orleans East, in first homicide of 2020
Around 2 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a shooting call in the 1100 block of Kinneil Road. When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.
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New tobacco age laws cause confusion in New Orleans smoke shops
Last month, President Trump made it illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to buy vaping products, cigarettes or cigars.
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