Parts of Louisiana were under a tornado warning on Wednesday morning, as waves of intense weather moved east, bringing severe weather to the New Orleans area and other parts of the central Gulf Coast, the National Weather Service said. Flooding started to inundate areas in east Texas early on Wednesday, and forecasters warned that more […]
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Clarence Henry, the New Orleans rhythm-and-blues mainstay who was known as Frogman — and best known for boasting in his durable 1956 hit, “Ain’t Got No Home,” that “I sing like a girl/ And I sing like a frog” — died on Sunday. He was 87. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, where Mr. […]
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Michele Heisler, 61, is an avid swimmer, putting in 45 minutes three times a week in a local 25-yard-long pool. But swimming while traveling can be challenging. “Most hotel pools are too tiny or too crowded,” she said. Then, while planning a trip to Chicago, Ms. Heisler, from Ann Arbor, Mich., came across a photo […]
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