‘Once in a lifetime’ snow hits parts of the U.S. South
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven’t seen ...
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Much of Acadiana, including Lafayette, was under Blizzard Warning for first time ever
A coastal low moving across the northern Gulf of Mexico is producing periods of visibility reducing heavy snow and wind gusts ...
Mexico’s president amused by Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has an answer for President Donald Trump about his idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to ...
Mexican president says the world will still call the gulf the Gulf of Mexico
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of ...
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'Gulf of America'? Louisiana pols and others put their spin on Trump's Gulf of Mexico idea
WASHINGTON — The Maya called the Gulf of Mexico “Chactemal,” referring to its reddish hues at sunset. It was Spanish mapmakers after Hernán Cortés in 1519 conquered the land now called ...
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Here's how Lafayette Parish decides winter weather school closures: 'It's all about safety'
Lafayette Parish students are likely hoping for a rare "snow day" next week. But whether that will happen is still up in the air. The Lafayette Parish School System monitors several issues when ...
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The Gulf of Mexico’s long history of colonization and varying names
Colonizers have always coveted the Gulf of Mexico: its trade winds, ports, fish and shellfish, its deep pockets of oil and gas far beneath a basin floor of crashed, tectonic plates. “This superb ...
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Tracking severe weather threat on Sunday, Arctic air throughout next week in South Louisiana
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – We’ll see mostly clear and cool conditions for tonight with readings in the lower 50s by morning. Clouds increasing for tomorrow with mostly cloudy skies. Isolated ...
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10-foot great white shark pings again in Gulf of Mexico, this time off Sarasota, Florida
A 10-foot great white shark, on a summer getaway in the Gulf of Mexico, pinged off the Sun Coast Friday. The shark, nicknamed "Crystal," surfaced far off the Sarasota coast near the West Florida ...
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Hoover passes for 4 TDs as TCU beats Louisiana-Lafayette 34-3 in the New Mexico Bowl
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Josh Hoover passed for four touchdowns to help TCU beat Louisiana-Lafayette 34-3 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl. Hoover was 20 for 32 for 252 yards with an interception.