Tag: Camp
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Louisiana forces relocation of homeless camp before Taylor Swift’s New Orleans shows
An encampment of unhoused people in downtown New Orleans was forcibly relocated by the order of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry ahead of this weekend’s Taylor Swift concerts, disrupting monthslong housing efforts with less than a week’s notice. City Councilwoman Lesli Harris, who represents the district where the Caesars Superdome venue is located, told NBC News…
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Paul Whelan was devasted at being left behind in a Russian labor camp as other Americans were released
Former Marine Paul Whelan said he was devastated when a Biden administration official told him WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner was being released from Russian detention after nine months and he was not. In his first interview with NBC News since returning to the U.S., Whelan, who had been imprisoned in Russia for more than…
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She sought to prove her grandfather was poisoned at Camp Lejeune. Records she found could help thousands.
Leo Case survived the battle of Iwo Jima and risked his life to save his crew during a clash in the South Pacific — only to die of multiple cancers at 58. The World War II tank commander and recipient of the Navy Cross, the military’s second-highest recognition for valor, was one of the first…