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🌱 Tulane Delayed Start + Three Day Crime Spree
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Happy holidays, neighbors! It's me again, Shannon Denney, your host of the New Orleans Daily.
First, today's weather:
Mostly sunny and warm. High: 76 Low: 66.
Here are the top stories in New Orleans today:
- As omicron surges, Tulane pushes the start of their spring semester back a week for undergraduates. Students are expected back on campus around the end of January. (WWNO)
- A Metairie man has been arrested for a second time for posing as a person with special needs and paying caretakers to change his diapers. He was charged with one count of human trafficking and one count of attempted human trafficking. (WBRZ)
- 4 teens have been arrested for a three-day crime spree in New Orleans which include five successful or attempted armed carjackings, two attempted armed robberies, and auto theft. (WDAM)
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Today in New Orleans:
From my notebook:
- Congrats to New Orleans Saints JT Gray on being the first non-specialist special teams player to be voted to the Pro Bowl since Fred McAfee in 2002! (Instagram)
- The New Orleans Health Department can help you find COVID-19 vaccines at your location pharmacy or at their mega-sites at Ready.nola.gov/calendar (Facebook)
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— Shannon Denney