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National Guard to stay in New Orleans 6 more months

The federal deployment was supposed to end Feb. 28.

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The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="National Guard" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/02/25/national-guard-exits-new-orleans-federal-deployment" data-vars-content-id="a300a76c-7971-43c6-a701-75a4d99b6a72" data-vars-headline="National Guard to stay in New Orleans 6 more months" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/02/25/national-guard-exits-new-orleans-federal-deployment" target="_self">National Guard</a> isn&#x27;t leaving New Orleans anytime soon after Gov. Jeff Landry on Monday announced a six-month extension of the federal deployment.Why it matters: The move deepens federal involvement in local policing even as city leaders tout <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="significant drops in violent crime" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/01/06/violent-crime-murder-capital-improvement-statistics" data-vars-content-id="a300a76c-7971-43c6-a701-75a4d99b6a72" data-vars-headline="National Guard to stay in New Orleans 6 more months" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/01/06/violent-crime-murder-capital-improvement-statistics" target="_self">significant drops in violent crime</a>.

NASA's next lunar mission has deep New Orleans roots

Artemis II is scheduled to launch in April.

Aerospace

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New Orleans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" data-vars-content-id="cad93e16-eaac-4072-a86f-27dbdd5e7c21" data-vars-headline="NASA&#x27;s next lunar mission has deep New Orleans roots" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" target="_self">New Orleans</a> built the backbone of NASA&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="next Moon mission" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/07/19/artemis-ii-core-stage-rocket-engine-moon-mission" data-vars-content-id="cad93e16-eaac-4072-a86f-27dbdd5e7c21" data-vars-headline="NASA&#x27;s next lunar mission has deep New Orleans roots" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/07/19/artemis-ii-core-stage-rocket-engine-moon-mission" target="_self">next Moon mission</a>.Why it matters: Artemis II will mark NASA&#x27;s first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years — and a major piece of the rocket was made in New Orleans East.

The best way to X-ray a hummingbird

The university treats about 1,400 wild animals a year.

Education

Ruby-throated hummingbirds will soon make their annual migration north from Mexico through Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states.Why it matters: Some will end up injured, and those that do might land at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine&#x27;s Wildlife Hospital — which just published new research showing the best way to identify fractures in these tiny birds.

Paul Rudd to film movie in New Orleans

Viola Davis is also filming in Louisiana.

Paul Rudd, Evan Peters, Amy Ryan and Paul Giamatti are filming a movie in New Orleans and Chalmette.The big picture: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are among the executive producers of the movie, called &quot;The Statement,&quot; <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Deadline reports" data-vars-click-url="https://deadline.com/2026/02/paul-rudd-evan-peters-tatiana-maslany-tom-mccarthy-new-film-1236736444/" data-vars-content-id="2fd16594-ff02-4b63-976a-b5852b6878d0" data-vars-headline="Paul Rudd to film movie in New Orleans" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://deadline.com/2026/02/paul-rudd-evan-peters-tatiana-maslany-tom-mccarthy-new-film-1236736444/" target="_blank">Deadline reports</a>.

Pope Leo XIV names Bishop James Checchio to take over New Orleans Archdiocese

Archbishop Aymond expects to retire in the next few months.

Religion

Bishop <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="James Chechhio" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/09/24/lil-wayne-s-lil-weezyana-fest-to-turn-10-in-new-orleans" data-vars-content-id="4033c0b6-e49a-4d04-8816-2e00ded3e58c" data-vars-headline="Pope Leo XIV names Bishop James Checchio to take over New Orleans Archdiocese" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/09/24/lil-wayne-s-lil-weezyana-fest-to-turn-10-in-new-orleans" target="_self">James Chechhio</a> will take over as archbishop of the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New Orleans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" data-vars-content-id="4033c0b6-e49a-4d04-8816-2e00ded3e58c" data-vars-headline="Pope Leo XIV names Bishop James Checchio to take over New Orleans Archdiocese" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" target="_self">New Orleans</a> Archdiocese.Why it matters: Checchio&#x27;s leadership will begin as the city&#x27;s leading Catholic organization leaves behind a long-running lawsuit over sexual abuse and a related bankruptcy filing.

New Orleans celebrates "7th Ward Pope"

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As a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="historically Catholic" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/05/07/nearly-a-quarter-of-louisianans-identify-as-catholic" data-vars-content-id="3a73d615-00a2-4f88-9bb8-2ae5ee25018d" data-vars-headline="New Orleans celebrates &quot;7th Ward Pope&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/05/07/nearly-a-quarter-of-louisianans-identify-as-catholic" target="_self">historically Catholic</a> city, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New Orleans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" data-vars-content-id="3a73d615-00a2-4f88-9bb8-2ae5ee25018d" data-vars-headline="New Orleans celebrates &quot;7th Ward Pope&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" target="_self">New Orleans</a> was always going to celebrate the new pope. Zoom in: But once news broke that <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Pope Leo XIV" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-pm" data-vars-content-id="3a73d615-00a2-4f88-9bb8-2ae5ee25018d" data-vars-headline="New Orleans celebrates &quot;7th Ward Pope&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-pm" target="_self">Pope Leo XIV</a> has <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="roots in New Orleans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/pope-leo-creole-new-orleans-roots" data-vars-content-id="3a73d615-00a2-4f88-9bb8-2ae5ee25018d" data-vars-headline="New Orleans celebrates &quot;7th Ward Pope&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/pope-leo-creole-new-orleans-roots" target="_self">roots in New Orleans</a> as a &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Creole of color" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/05/08/what-to-know-pope-leo-origins-louisiana" data-vars-content-id="3a73d615-00a2-4f88-9bb8-2ae5ee25018d" data-vars-headline="New Orleans celebrates &quot;7th Ward Pope&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/05/08/what-to-know-pope-leo-origins-louisiana" target="_self">Creole of color</a>,&quot; the celebration leveled up considerably.

How Pope Leo's Creole roots in New Orleans tell "an American story"

Pope Leo's family was once part of the Great Migration.

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Pope Leo XIV" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-pm" data-vars-content-id="bb16ccaa-7f60-405c-9703-9cddbc06bbbc" data-vars-headline="How Pope Leo&#x27;s Creole roots in New Orleans tell &quot;an American story&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-pm" target="_self">Pope Leo XIV</a> may have been born in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Chicago" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/pope-conclave-white-smoke-vatican" data-vars-content-id="bb16ccaa-7f60-405c-9703-9cddbc06bbbc" data-vars-headline="How Pope Leo&#x27;s Creole roots in New Orleans tell &quot;an American story&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/pope-conclave-white-smoke-vatican" target="_self">Chicago</a>, but he has <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Creole roots" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/pope-leo-creole-new-orleans-roots" data-vars-content-id="bb16ccaa-7f60-405c-9703-9cddbc06bbbc" data-vars-headline="How Pope Leo&#x27;s Creole roots in New Orleans tell &quot;an American story&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/pope-leo-creole-new-orleans-roots" target="_self">Creole roots</a> in New Orleans. Why it matters: The new pope, formerly known as Cardinal <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Robert Francis Prevost" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/05/05/us-power-conclave-new-pope" data-vars-content-id="bb16ccaa-7f60-405c-9703-9cddbc06bbbc" data-vars-headline="How Pope Leo&#x27;s Creole roots in New Orleans tell &quot;an American story&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/05/05/us-power-conclave-new-pope" target="_self">Robert Francis Prevost</a>, has a family history that tells a uniquely American story.

Does Pope Leo have Louisiana roots? Archdiocese looking into it

Catholics worldwide got a new pontiff Thursday with the elevation of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Pope Leo XIV" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/pope-conclave-white-smoke-vatican" data-vars-content-id="66bef285-18cc-4443-b6d8-265eaa14b36a" data-vars-headline="Does Pope Leo have Louisiana roots? Archdiocese looking into it" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/pope-conclave-white-smoke-vatican" target="_self">Pope Leo XIV</a>. Why it matters: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pope&#x27;s influence" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/pope-influence-noncatholics?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top" data-vars-content-id="66bef285-18cc-4443-b6d8-265eaa14b36a" data-vars-headline="Does Pope Leo have Louisiana roots? Archdiocese looking into it" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/pope-influence-noncatholics?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top" target="_self">pope&#x27;s influence</a> extends beyond the world&#x27;s 1.4 billion Catholics — and this is the first time a U.S.-born man takes the title.

New Orleans to hold memorial Mass for Pope Francis

The New Orleans Archdiocese will host a memorial Mass for Pope Francis on Wednesday in the St. Louis Cathedral

The New Orleans Archdiocese will host a memorial Mass for <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Pope Francis" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/pope-francis-funeral-plans-death" data-vars-content-id="175170a0-0c64-487c-936e-fe0b029b1755" data-vars-headline="New Orleans to hold memorial Mass for Pope Francis" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/pope-francis-funeral-plans-death" target="_self">Pope Francis</a> on Wednesday in the St. Louis Cathedral, according to a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="statement" data-vars-click-url="https://nolacatholic.org/news/a-statement-on-the-death-of-pope-francis" data-vars-content-id="175170a0-0c64-487c-936e-fe0b029b1755" data-vars-headline="New Orleans to hold memorial Mass for Pope Francis" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://nolacatholic.org/news/a-statement-on-the-death-of-pope-francis" target="_blank">statement</a> from Archbishop Gregory Aymond. <ul><li>All are invited to attend, the archdiocese says. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mass" data-vars-click-url="https://nolacatholic.org/events/memorial-mass-for-pope-francis" data-vars-content-id="175170a0-0c64-487c-936e-fe0b029b1755" data-vars-headline="New Orleans to hold memorial Mass for Pope Francis" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://nolacatholic.org/events/memorial-mass-for-pope-francis" target="_blank">Mass</a> will begin at noon.</li></ul>The big picture: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Pope Francis died" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/pope-francis-dies-easter-monday-vatican" data-vars-content-id="175170a0-0c64-487c-936e-fe0b029b1755" data-vars-headline="New Orleans to hold memorial Mass for Pope Francis" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/pope-francis-dies-easter-monday-vatican" target="_self">Pope Francis died</a> Monday, the Vatican announced.

Louisiana to become 1st state requiring Ten Commandments be posted in schools

The bill requires the governor's signature before becoming law.

Politics & Policy

Louisiana will become the first state to require the Ten Commandments be displayed in all schools and colleges that receive public funding, if Gov. Jeff Landry signs a new bill into law.Catch up quick: Rep. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Dodie Horton" data-vars-click-url="https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=9" data-vars-content-id="f835a70f-6f66-4205-bb01-5076a40e6df0" data-vars-headline="Louisiana to become 1st state requiring Ten Commandments be posted in schools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=9" target="_blank">Dodie Horton</a> (R-Haughton) wrote <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="HB71" data-vars-click-url="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245592" data-vars-content-id="f835a70f-6f66-4205-bb01-5076a40e6df0" data-vars-headline="Louisiana to become 1st state requiring Ten Commandments be posted in schools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245592" target="_blank">HB71</a> to require the text of the Ten Commandments be printed on a poster no smaller than 11 inches by 14 inches.<ul><li>The text must be &quot;the central focus&quot; of the document.</li></ul>

Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools

The state would be the first with the requirement.

Politics

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Louisiana" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/15/louisiana-supreme-court-congressional-map" data-vars-content-id="870f65d1-fbf7-4dd1-ac76-57cecabeda03" data-vars-headline="Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/15/louisiana-supreme-court-congressional-map" target="_self">Louisiana</a> is poised to become the first state requiring display of the Ten Commandments at all schools that receive public funding, including colleges and universities.The big picture: Lawmakers in other states, like <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Texas" data-vars-click-url="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/texas-legislature-ten-commandments-bill/" data-vars-content-id="870f65d1-fbf7-4dd1-ac76-57cecabeda03" data-vars-headline="Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/texas-legislature-ten-commandments-bill/" target="_blank">Texas</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="South Carolina" data-vars-click-url="https://custom.statenet.com/amu/resources.cgi?mode=show_text&amp;id=ID:BILL:SC2023010H4485&amp;verid=SC2023010H4485_20230516_0_I&amp;" data-vars-content-id="870f65d1-fbf7-4dd1-ac76-57cecabeda03" data-vars-headline="Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://custom.statenet.com/amu/resources.cgi?mode=show_text&amp;id=ID:BILL:SC2023010H4485&amp;verid=SC2023010H4485_20230516_0_I&amp;" target="_blank">South Carolina</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Utah" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/03/01/utah-school-chaplains-ten-commandments-lemon-scotus" data-vars-content-id="870f65d1-fbf7-4dd1-ac76-57cecabeda03" data-vars-headline="Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/03/01/utah-school-chaplains-ten-commandments-lemon-scotus" target="_self">Utah</a> have recently attempted similar legislation, but none have yet passed any as stringent as Louisiana appears likely to approve.

14 Parishes has a great Lenten fish fry special

14 Parishes is a Jamaican restaurant with locations Uptown and in Algiers.

Food and Drink

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Lenten fish fries" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/02/16/best-lenten-fish-fries-lent-tradition" data-vars-content-id="07cb7a56-52fe-451d-86ca-209694fe77bc" data-vars-headline="14 Parishes has a great Lenten fish fry special" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/02/16/best-lenten-fish-fries-lent-tradition" target="_self">Lenten fish fries</a> in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New Orleans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" data-vars-content-id="07cb7a56-52fe-451d-86ca-209694fe77bc" data-vars-headline="14 Parishes has a great Lenten fish fry special" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" target="_self">New Orleans</a> aren&#x27;t just the stuff of church ladies and fundraisers. <ul><li>Local restaurants get in on the action, too. And the one at 14 Parishes is one of the best I&#x27;ve had. </li></ul>Dig in: Jamaican restaurant <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="14 Parishes" data-vars-click-url="https://14parishes.com/" data-vars-content-id="07cb7a56-52fe-451d-86ca-209694fe77bc" data-vars-headline="14 Parishes has a great Lenten fish fry special" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://14parishes.com/" target="_blank">14 Parishes</a> has a location Uptown on Oak Street and a newly opened place in Algiers Point.