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srcset="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/11174146/AP25053002963077-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/11174146/AP25053002963077-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/11174146/AP25053002963077-600x450.jpg 600w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/11174146/AP25053002963077-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/11174146/AP25053002963077-200x150.jpg 200w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/18/louisiana-courts-nitrogen-execution/" rel="bookmark">Louisiana man asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution</a></h3> <p>Hours before a Louisiana man is scheduled to be put to death, his attorneys are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas.</p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="21958" class="tag-black-masking-indians tag-featured-story tag-joann tag-louisiana tag-new-orleans tag-vn-app tag-zulu category-culture category-news type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/18/joann-closure-new-orleans-mardi-gras/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='900'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20900'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="With Joann closures, crafty culture bearers in New Orleans look to alternatives for costume needs" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17161505/IMG_5651-1200x900.jpg" 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https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17161505/IMG_5651-2000x1500.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17161505/IMG_5651-1200x900.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="With Joann closures, crafty culture bearers in New Orleans look to alternatives for costume needs" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17161505/IMG_5651-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17161505/IMG_5651-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17161505/IMG_5651-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17161505/IMG_5651-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, 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fabric and crafts giant Joann is shutting down its Metairie and Gretna locations. </p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="21964" class="tag-mocktail-mondays tag-special category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/17/mocktail-mondays-baroness-on-baronne-2/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='900'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20900'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Mocktail Mondays: Baroness on Baronne" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17163006/Group--1200x900.jpg" data-srcset="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17163006/Group--1200x900.jpg 1200w, 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https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17163006/Group--600x450.jpg 600w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17163006/Group--400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17163006/Group--200x150.jpg 200w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/17/mocktail-mondays-baroness-on-baronne-2/" rel="bookmark">Mocktail Mondays: Baroness on Baronne</a></h3> <p>InclusivCare Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jeremy Dumas talks about the benefits of abstaining from alcohol, and restaurant Baroness on Baronne shows how to make MargaFresca and a Nuevo Espresso Martini.</p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="21947" class="tag-capital-park-museum tag-fats-domino tag-featured-story tag-hurricane-katrina tag-louisiana-state-museum tag-lower-ninth-ward tag-new-orleans-jazz-museum tag-rock-n-roll 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hit, but they would never be the same again.</p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="21931" class="tag-a-l-davis-park tag-black-masking-indians tag-central-city tag-dj-arie-spins tag-featured-story tag-special tag-super-sunday tag-uptown-super-sunday tag-vn-app category-community category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/17/uptown-super-sunday-2025-black-masking/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='900'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20900'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="PHOTOS: Black Masking Indians take to the streets on Super Sunday" data-hero-candidate="1" 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srcset="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17112323/SS_06-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17112323/SS_06-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17112323/SS_06-600x450.jpg 600w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17112323/SS_06-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17112323/SS_06-200x150.jpg 200w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/17/uptown-super-sunday-2025-black-masking/" rel="bookmark">PHOTOS: Black Masking Indians take to the streets on Super Sunday</a></h3> <p>Hundreds gathered in A.L. Davis Park and the streets of Central City to celebrate Super Sunday (March 16). There were also Super Sunday festivities throughout the rest of the city.  Among the tribes at A.L. Davis Park were the Young Eagles, Golden Eagles, the Golden Arrow Tribe, the Northern Comanche Tribe and the Golden Feather…</p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="21896" class="tag-5th-circuit-court tag-death-penalty tag-death-row tag-execution tag-featured-story tag-jeff-landry tag-jessie-hoffman tag-liz-murrill tag-u-s-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals tag-vn-app category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/15/5th-circuit-nitrogen-execution-jessie-hoffman/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='900'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20900'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Appeals court gives go-ahead for Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution" 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