New Orleans has a commendable, if not wholly good, reputation as a vacation destination. The weather is warm, the music is great, and the city is generally regarded as an excellent place for a weekend of wanton depravity.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said she had hired former New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton as a consultant during a tense city council meeting Wednesday as officials and residents sought answers over security lapses after a terror attack that killed 14 people in the French Quarter.

With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras coming, Gov. Jeff Landry is using the emergency order from the New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street to remove the homeless from downtown.

"New Orleanians have been enjoying an upsurge in quality bakeries for over 10 years now, but Ms. Guerin brings something new to her hometown: phenomenal pastries in conversation with Black history," the NYT wrote.

The New York Jets are hiring Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as their next head coach, per multiple reports Wednesday. The news comes as Glenn's counterpart in Detroit, offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, took the Chicago Bears job on Tuesday. The Lions have already identified in-house replacements for both coordinators .

The storm prompted the first-ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border, and snowplows were at the ready in the Florida Panhandle.

Jonathan Harounoff, Israel's spokesman to the United Nations, observes that anti-Israel agitators have taken their cause to "sickening" new lows in New York City.

Aaron Glenn, Detroit Lions defensive coordinator, has been hired by the new York Jets as their next head coach.

Recent vehicle ramming attacks in New Orleans and Germany have reignited discussions on pedestrian safety and hostile vehicle mitigation in urban environments. These tragic events underscore the importance of proactive measures to protect public spaces.

Owen Reilly, 9, was using a metal cookie sheet. “It seemed like it was scientifically impossible for it to snow here,” Owen said, brushing white flakes from his hands. He had never seen it happen in his lifetime.