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Drew Brees
will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August, highlighting his legacy not only as one of the greatest New Orleans Saints players but as one of the all-time great NFL quarterbacks. Brees retired in 2021 after 15 seasons with the Saints, where he led the team to a Super Bowl championship and set several NFL records. He’s the first Saints player to enter the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
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Numerous New Orleans parks
have unsafe lead levels, a Verite News investigation found. Soil sample testing at 84 city parks and playgrounds found that about half had lead concentrations that exceed a federal hazard level, which can be especially harmful for kids. Further, Verite found that the city has not done any major remediation or lead testing in parks since a 2011 effort.
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Hundreds of Louisiana restaurants
were cited and fined in 2025 for not clearly labeling they were serving imported seafood, the Louisiana Illuminator reported. State law requires restaurants to say on their menus if they’re using imported shrimp or crawfish, but 919 restaurants were cited and 319 fined by state inspectors for violations.