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• Funeral services for civil rights leader Norman Francis begin today. Here are the details. March 2, 2026
  Funeral services for Norman Christopher Francis, the longest-serving president of Xavier University and a New Orleans civil rights leader, began Monday as New Orleanians bid farewell to one of the city’s most influential figures.
  BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists the Iran conflict is 'not endless': ‘This is not Iraq’ March 2, 2026
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday spoke to widening concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, “This is not Iraq. This is not endless."
  BY MICHELLE L. PRICE and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN | Associated Press
• The latest in the Middle East: Israeli and American planes pound Iran, 3 American planes shot down March 2, 2026
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and allied armed groups fired missiles at Israel, Arab states and U.S. military targets around the region on Monday, while Israel and the United States pounded Iran as the war expended to several…
  BY JON GAMBRELL, MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY | Associated Press
• A Louisiana justice voted on a challenge to a law he helped write. Should he have stepped aside? March 2, 2026
  Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Cade Cole was barely a week into the job last March when he weighed in on a subject he knows well: taxes.
  BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer
• New Orleans area residents cry foul amid soaring gas bills: ‘I can’t afford to pay this’ March 1, 2026
  Morva Ory, 83, lives on a fixed income in the same Broadmoor home she’s lived in for decades.
  By JONI HESS | Staff writer
• Man killed in Metairie car crash Saturday morning, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says February 28, 2026
  A man was killed in a Metairie car crash early Saturday morning, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
  BY MISSY WILKINSON | Staff writer
• Funeral arrangements set for Dorothy Prevost, mother of one of the New Orleans Four February 28, 2026
  Funeral plans, including a day of lying in state in Gallier Hall, have been announced for Dorothy Prevost, the mother of one of four girls who desegregated New Orleans’ public schools in 1960.
  BY JOHN POPE | Contributing writer
• WWII Museum's D-Day exhibit is getting a major renovation. Here's when it's set to reopen. February 28, 2026
  Since it first opened in 2000 as The National D-Day Museum, the heart of The National WWII Museum in New Orleans has long been its 8,000-square-foot D-Day exhibit.
  BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
• Mayor Helena Moreno meets with surrounding parish leaders to strengthen regional bonds February 28, 2026
  Mayor Helena Moreno met Tuesday night for more than two hours with the presidents of seven other metro area parishes — the first such meeting among the New Orleans area’s top leaders in years and an indication of the priority…
  BY RICH COLLINS | Staff writer
• New crawfish price tracking app centers transparency as the season heats up February 27, 2026
  The founder of SackTrackr, a new boiled crawfish price tracking app out of Lafayette, doesn't even eat crawfish.
  BY JOANNA BROWN | Staff writer