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An extra day and the lure of an appearance by the Rolling Stones pushed attendance at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to a half a million people, organizers said on May 6.

That was the second highest attendance in the festival's history — just behind the 600,000 attendees in 2001. In 2023, more than 460,000 people passed through the festival's gates.

Republican Congressman Mike Johnson from Louisiana has made a significant pivot in his stance on foreign aid, potentially swaying conservative opinion in favor of supporting aid to Ukraine, according to reports from US media outlets.

U.S. crime series "True Detective" will return for a fifth season after the recently wrapped up edition - following two women officers in frigid Alaska - proved a hit with viewers, broadcaster HBO has announced.

After almost 10 years of marriage, Christine Dowdall wanted out. Her husband was no longer the charming man she had fallen in love with. He had become narcissistic, abusive and unfaithful, she said.

In what could prove a significant move for communities facing air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed on April 6 that chemical plants nationwide measure certain hazardous compounds that cross beyond their property lines and reduce them when they are too high.

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The U.S. Justice Department sued Google on Jan. 24 for its dominance of the online advertising market, launching a fresh legal battle against the California-based tech giant.

The federal antitrust suit accused Google of unlawfully maintaining a monopoly that had "corrupted legitimate competition in the ad tech industry."

The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours Thursday searching the waters off Louisiana for four people on board a helicopter that crashed while departing an oil platform.
The search lasted eight hours and for now, it is not known whether the search will continue today before noon, the AP reported.

Jerry Lee Lewis, a scandal-generating kingpin of 1950s American rock and roll who played a pivotal role in shaping the genre's sound, died on Oct. 28. He was 87 years old.

Famous for his flowing blond locks, rowdy piano beats and outrageous stage presence, the star best known for his classic "Great Balls of Fire" died of natural causes, his publicist told AFP.

On Friday, the court granted the request brought by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, both republicans

US strategic oil reserves fell to 434.1 million barrels, the lowest level since 1984. This was reported by Reuters, citing the US Department of Energy.

According to its information, oil reserves have decreased by 8.4 million barrels in the last week alone.