Heading into the final game of the preseason, these 49 players are consensus picks among the New Orleans Saints beat to make the 53-man roster:

Video from Japanese local media showed crews responding to a fire on the USS New Orleans near Okinawa.

He says that studying lead levels requires studying the soil itself, and lizards are a great animal to use as a reference point. “The lizards live close to the ground, so they are breathing in dust with lead in it and eating insects that have lead on and in them,” explains Gunderson.

New Orleans man, Kenneth Jackson, pleads guilty to violating the Federal Gun Control Act after being caught with a .45 caliber pistol as a convicted felon.

The 11 counts specific to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell stem from an investigation into her alleged affair with former police officer Jeffrey Vappie.

Khalil Bryan, 30, was released from the Orleans Justice Center on July 25 due to a "human failure" that led to two deputies being fired, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office. He was "safely apprehended" in Texas after an anonymous tip led to "critical information on his whereabouts," the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said.

A New Orleans man, Rashuad Fontenberry, pleaded guilty to federal carjacking charges and may face 15 years in prison plus fines and supervised release.

But I have lost a mother, and I have almost lost a city, and I can tell you that the feeling of one is similar to the other. Neither a mother nor a city is perfect, and both are easy to hate. Until, that is,

The amphibious warship USS New Orleans is now in port after suffering a 12-hour-long blaze off the coast of Japan.