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New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu announces his retirement from pro football

New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu announces his retirement from pro football

New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu announced his retirement today from professional football. Mathieu, 5-9, 190, a New Orleans native and standout at St. Augustine High School, was originally selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round (69th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft out of Louisiana State University. In his 12-year NFL career with the Cardinals (2013-17), Houston …

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What New Orleans wastewater shows about summer COVID | Health care/Hospitals

What New Orleans wastewater shows about summer COVID | Health care/Hospitals

COVID-19 is showing up at high levels in parts of New Orleans’ wastewater this month, offering a quiet signal that the virus is circulating again, even as other respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses remain low. According to WastewaterSCAN, a national virus monitoring network, the West Bank treatment plant, which serves about 50,000 people, is currently in the “high” category for COVID …

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NASA contractor lays off 300 Michoud workers in New Orleans | Business News

NASA contractor lays off 300 Michoud workers in New Orleans | Business News

Nearly 300 workers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility have been laid off after the company that employed them lost its contract with the space agency, according to a notice the company sent to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Syncom Space Services, which provided operations and facilities maintenance at Michoud and the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for nearly 10 years, said …

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