An Iranian woman taken by ICE from her New Orleans home last month is back home. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Iconic musical performer Paul McCartney will begin his “Get Back” tour in the United States in late September and one of his stops will be the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on October 29th. The presale for tickets will begin next Tuesday and tickets for the general public will be available a week from Friday.
The FEMA Review Council met in New Orleans yesterday. Governor Jeff Landry says It’s a panel set up by President Trump to create an agency that prioritizes efficiency over bureaucracy when a natural disaster strikes. Landry says there’s way too much red tape involved with FEMA when it comes to distributing recovery dollars
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A long overdue honor for a Louisiana military hero who was killed in action more than eight decades ago. Marine Private First Class Harry LeBert was killed in June of 1944 during World War Two. However, Louisiana V-A Secretary Charlton Meginley says his remains went unidentified for many years.
LeBert’s remains were transferred to the Philippines in the 1950s; and three years ago, they were transferred again to Hawaii, where forensic scientists conducted DNA testing. With 95-percent of LeBert’s remains intact, that helped scientists conclusively put LeBert’s name with the body.