DEEP DIVIDE: The per-capita death rate for young Black adults last year was nearly four times the rate of their Whites counterparts. Here is the latest in our ongoing series by reporter Katy Reckdahl about how racial disparities are playing out in the coronavirus pandemic.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES: No, not that one, this is one you'll actually want to read. Business writer Tony McAuley has a look at how the pandemic-related shortage of homes is playing at on both ends of the income scale.
SHOTS FIRED: Saturday night and Sunday morning featured more than the city's usual share of shootings in very public spaces. On Saturday, a domestic dispute in a car caught in a traffic jam on Interstate 10 spilled out amid the stuck cars, Bourbon Street had a shooting that injured five and a 15-year-old boy was killed on Iberville Street in a shooting that injured three others near the Central Business District.
All this and much more are in today’s Front Page and on NOLA.com. Thanks for starting your day with us.
An hours-long traffic jam on the Bonnet Carre Spillway ended in gunfire late Saturday after a man shot two people during a domestic dispute, St. John Sheriff Mike Tregre said Sunday. Read more
After one person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting that erupted on the edge of New Orleans’ Central Business District on Sunday morning, a 15-year-old boy rushed home, told a relative that he had shot someone, and began packing to leave town, according to law enforcement sources. Read more
