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New Orleans

Arcs in and about New Orleans from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 428 stories · 2,795 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 5, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Oct 8, 2025.

All arcs1 named arc in 2025

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every arc in 2025 at its own dates · opens on month
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The mass escape from the New Orleans jail and the hunt for the inmates

12 stories · gone quiet

10 inmates who escaped New Orleans jail may have had inside help · 45 articles, May 16Louisiana State Police captures 4th escaped inmate in NOLA prison break, 6 still at large · 56 articles, May 16New Orleans jail employee arrested, accused of helping mass escape of inmates · 24 articles, May 203 more New Orleans inmates captured today, leaving 2 at large · 60 articles, May 20Fifth inmate recaptured and a maintenance worker arrested days after breakout at New Orleans jail · 6 articles, May 21Third person charged with helping escaped New Orleans inmates · 6 articles, May 21How 13 people allegedly helped New Orleans’ escaped inmates, both before and after the brazen breakout · 10 articles, May 26Two escapees from the New Orleans jailbreak remain at large. One has a lot of experience being on the run · 5 articles, May 27A growing number of New Orleans fugitives' friends and family arrested for aiding in jail escape · 10 articles, May 319th escaped New Orleans inmate captured, sheriff’s office says, one last inmate still at large · 10 articles, Jun 27Derrick Groves, last of 10 New Orleans jail escapees, arrested in Atlanta · 46 articles, Oct 8Last of the 10 New Orleans jail escapees from May is captured in Georgia, authorities say · 6 articles, Oct 8

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Jan 29, 202405312
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Feb 12, 20245101109
Feb 19, 202422110
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Apr 15, 20241228
Apr 22, 202455523
Apr 29, 202428740
May 6, 202401313
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May 20, 2024142012125
May 27, 202402111
Jun 10, 202426010
Jun 17, 2024201915154
Jun 24, 2024613658
Jul 1, 202412221
Jul 8, 202424219
Aug 12, 202439544
Sep 2, 202476482
Sep 9, 2024224010281
Sep 16, 202413111
Sep 30, 202438432
Oct 7, 20240101
Oct 21, 202414424
Oct 28, 202413210
Nov 4, 202438426
Nov 11, 2024614838
Nov 18, 2024015345
Nov 25, 202417536
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Dec 30, 2024317432739
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Jan 27, 202588757
Feb 3, 202514277145
Feb 10, 2025233912297
Feb 24, 202522212
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Mar 17, 202513310
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May 5, 202505416
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May 26, 2025820290
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Jul 28, 2025133710188
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Sep 1, 2025511751
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Oct 6, 2025314359
Oct 27, 20250113
Nov 3, 202536635
Nov 17, 20250308
Nov 24, 20252116
Dec 1, 202538234
Dec 8, 20250204
Dec 22, 20250339
Dec 29, 202506118
Jan 5, 20262105
Feb 2, 20260167
Feb 9, 202612231190
Feb 16, 202648450
Feb 23, 202634024
Mar 9, 202625230
Mar 23, 202603013
Apr 6, 202644217
Apr 13, 20264109
Apr 20, 202622113
Apr 27, 202654320
May 11, 202668951
May 18, 20260011
Jun 1, 202627137
Jun 15, 202623016
Jun 29, 2026141412138
Jul 6, 202631111117
Jul 13, 20264121082
Jul 20, 2026164915420
Jul 27, 202617207120
Aug 3, 202628464
Aug 10, 20264208213
Aug 17, 2026311560
Aug 24, 2026122618177
Aug 31, 2026155810308
Sep 7, 2026612365
Sep 14, 2026719589
Sep 21, 2026132810234
Sep 28, 202625330

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else96 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about New Orleans that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 30– 31National Guard arrives in New Orleans for 1st New Year's since Bourbon Street attack18 articles · 12 independent sources
    0 left, 6 center, 1 right
  2. Dec 24Trump approves deployment of 350 National Guard members to New Orleans10 articles · 10 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 3 right
  3. Dec 2– 3Trump says National Guard will be sent to New Orleans11 articles · 11 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  4. Nov 30– Dec 4Trump administration launches immigration crackdown in New Orleans25 articles · 16 independent sources
    4 left, 5 center, 2 right
  5. Nov 19As immigration enforcement expands in North Carolina, New Orleans may be next. Here’s what we know8 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  6. Oct 11A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard7 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  7. Sep 3– 4Trump suggests National Guard could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state23 articles · 18 independent sources
    3 left, 4 center, 3 right
  8. Aug 29New Orleans marks 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with memorials and brass band parade18 articles · 12 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 2 right
  9. Aug 29From devastation to determination: Hurricane Katrina's legacy in pictures5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
  10. Aug 28Missing New Orleans boy killed in alligator attack, police say14 articles · 9 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 2 right

Stories that name New Orleans

  1. Nov 27Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  2. Nov 2– 3Mother shoots, kills escaped monkey in Mississippi40 articles · 29 independent sources
    3 left, 6 center, 7 right
  3. Sep 29– 30Bad Bunny tapped for Super Bowl LX halftime show108 articles · 49 independent sources
    9 left, 20 center, 6 right
  4. Sep 4D.C. sues Trump administration over 'illegal deployment' of National Guard in Washington30 articles · 28 independent sources
    4 left, 8 center, 6 right
  5. Jul 30– 31Huge Pacific quake triggers tsunami alerts for Japan, Alaska, Hawaii and all of the US West Coast199 articles · 73 independent sources
    13 left, 37 center, 10 right
  6. Jul 15– 17Gulf Coast braces for flooding as storm system builds into possible tropical depression8 articles · 8 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 0 right
  7. Jul 1– 2Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry was toppled by his penchant for prostitutes, dies at 9019 articles · 17 independent sources
    4 left, 3 center, 4 right
  8. Jun 23ICE Detains Marine Corps Veteran's Wife Who Was Still Breastfeeding Their Baby6 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right
  9. Jun 20– 21Federal appeals court blocks Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms13 articles · 13 independent sources
    3 left, 2 center, 5 right
  10. May 10New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr announces retirement after 11 seasons8 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 1 right

Local coverage

  1. Dec 8Settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  2. Jan 21A frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle7 articles · 5 independent sources
    3 left, 1 center, 0 right
  3. Jan 4Sonny Smart, father of Georgia coach Kirby Smart, dies after a fall in New Orleans - The Daily Reporter1 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right
  4. Jan 2New Orleans attacker discussed plans to kill his family and join ISIS in chilling recordings. Here’s what we know9 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
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