Fully Dressed: Frenchmen's new rideshare rules

🚕 Uber and Lyft won't pick up or drop off on Frenchmen Street on certain nights. They will have designated zones on Elysian Fields Avenue as part of a pilot program with the city to reduce traffic on the street. (Press release)

🌀 Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida overnight and is heading for Atlanta. The Cat 4 monster could rewrite storm history in the South. (Axios)

• See live updates from our colleagues in Tampa Bay.
• We're also watching another disturbance in the Caribbean.

💒 Lana Del Ray and a Louisiana swamp tour guide filed for a marriage license in Lafourche Parish. But, they're not dating, the singer says. (TMZ)

🧛🏻 Ian Somerhalder is in town for Vampire Fan Weekend at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. "The Vampire Diaries" star grew up in Covington. (WGNO)

✈️ Southwest will start doing assigned seats in 2026, delaying the change a year later than expected. Southwest is MSY's most popular airline by passenger count. (CNN)