Flooded streets are a real threat through Saturday morning as a weather system funnels Gulf moisture into Southeast Louisiana for the next couple of days. A flood watch continues for the region through Saturday morning. It’s an area of low pressure forecasters say should be gone by the weekend, where scattered storms will linger but at least we’ll see some sunshine.

More and more travelers are choosing New Orleans as their vacation destination. Kristian Sonnier with the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau says the Big Easy is now the second most popular destination for international travelers, behind New York City. But he says the number of international visitors is growing much faster in New Orleans…:
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He says Travel and Leisure just named New Orleans the Number 1 city for food.

State Farm is advising college students to protect their back-to-school purchases with renter’s insurance. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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It wasn’t an actual fight says LSU. A video spread online by TMZ showing star running back Leonard Fournette and another player in an apparent brawl, is just horseplay according to team officials. They say what is captured in the video is merely an “intense game of slap boxing” and was taken out of context.