Lady Gaga, seen here during her Las Vegas residency, sang "Hold My Hand" in a recorded segment ahead of the game to honor the victims of the terrorist attack. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Park MGM Las Vegas
🌬️ Saharan dust is expected to reach the Gulf later this week. It can suppress tropical storm development but often lowers air quality. (Facebook)
✨ Lake Forest Boulevard residents and business owners are seeking to become a state-recognized cultural district in New Orleans East. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
🏛️ A judge sided with the City Council in its legal battle to control millions in revenue generated for the Wisner Trust. (WWL)
🧠 A New Orleans student at Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans is in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. (Bio)
New Orleans author Maurice Carlos Ruffin wrote an essay for Time about how we treat physical locations with "heinous histories." Read it.
🏛️ Republican state senators rejected a bill that would have given people convicted by now-banned split juries an opportunity to ask for a new trial. (AP)
