The new area, called Jaguar Jungle River's Edge, is at the back of the zoo. It will be home to spider monkeys, capybaras, anteaters and tapirs. Photo: Courtesy of Audubon Nature Institute
🐵 Audubon Zoo's new spider monkey area opens next week. It has overhead space so visitors can see the animals swinging. (Press release)
Someone was shot on Bourbon Street late Saturday. Police say a gun accidentally went off. Though security is tight in the French Quarter for Mardi Gras, guns are legal through a new state law. (WWL)
🧑💻 LSU is reviewing and potentially removing more than 1,300 webpages in response to President Trump's anti-DEI guidance. (Louisiana Illuminator)
🚀 Boeing plans to lay off 89 workers at the Michoud rocket assembly facility in New Orleans East. (The Times-Picayune🔒)
🐾 Jefferson Parish is installing pet microchip scanning stations. The first one is at the East Bank Regional Library.
They are offering free microchipping there on Thursday. (Details)
