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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 339 articles How did New Orleans' infrastructure stand up to Hurricane Ida? |  | |
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As Ida weakens, more than one million Gulf Coast homes and businesses are without power.
NPR (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 73% • 4 min read
In Louisiana alone, more than 1 million customers were without power Monday night. In neighboring Mississippi, more than 70,000 customers were without power. The outages included the entire city of New Orleans. As of Monday night, at least two people were known to have died from Ida, but officials expect the death toll to rise in coming days.
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Louisiana's biggest electricity provider, Entergy, says it suffered "catastrophic damage" to its transmission system. The company is prioritizing hospitals, police and fire departments and assisted living facilities, but it could be weeks before the "lion's share" of customers are back online, he said.
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Ida drew immediate comparisons to Hurricane Katrina, which landed in New Orleans exactly 16 years earlier. [Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards] said that the levee system, which failed to hold floodwaters at bay during Katrina, performed better this time. Yet others feared Ida's aftermath could surpass that historic storm in terms of damage.
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Ida slams US coast harder than Katrina, virtually all Gulf oil production now crippled.
Western Journal (Right) • Factual Grade 68% • 3 min read - Top long-read
Hurricane Ida is a manmade disaster.
New Republic (Left) • Factual Grade 79% • 8 min read
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| #2 in U.S. News • 609 articles How did the US' withdrawal from Afghanistan wrap up? | 
The last C-17 military cargo aircraft departed Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday afternoon Eastern time, according to U.S. Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie...
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| | #1 in World News • 20 articles How is China restricting gaming time for children? |
Online game providers will only be allowed to offer one-hour services to children between 8 pm and 9 pm on Fridays, weekends, a...
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| | #2 in World News • 12 articles How did robbers escape from a series of bank heists in Brazil? |
The robbery involved dozens of criminals and at least 10 cars. They burned vehicles in strategic locations to impede police, and reportedly used a drone to monitor officers'...
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| | #1 in Health News • 23 articles What is known about ivermectin as a potential Covid-19 treatment? |
Sen. Paul told The Cincinnati Enquirer that he doesn't know whether ivermectin works, but that he keeps "an open mind." "So someone like me that's in the midd...
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