Airbnb will appeal federal court's decision on short-term rentals in New Orleans

Airbnb said it plans to appeal a federal court decision that upheld nearly all of New Orleans’ tough short-term rental rules. The decision, made last week in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, marked the latest chapter in...

Saints' unusual trade for injured wide receiver a bet on head coach Kellen Moore

Trading for Polk is a bet on Kellen Moore and the Saints coaching staff, particularly wide receivers coach Keith Williams and assistant wide receivers coach Kyle Valero, to get the most out of valued 2024 NFL Draft prospect. The second-rounder...

Saints trade for Patriots Ja’Lynn Polk

Photo by: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images/Reuters The New Orleans Saints have traded for another pass catcher, this time, Patriots wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk. The Black and Gold will send a 2027 sixth-round pick away in exchange for Polk and a 2028...

49ers Emerge as Possible Fit for Major QB Trade After Brock Purdy Injury

The San Francisco 49ers simply cannot avoid the injury bug. After a brutal season in 2024, the 2025 season has started off the same way. Entering Week 2, the 49ers will be playing without both Brock Purdy and George Kittle. Both players could also...

Patriots trade injured receiver Ja’Lynn Polk to the Saints

By Canadian Press on September 13, 2025. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New England Patriots have traded injured receiver Ja’Lynn Polk, a 2024 second-round draft choice, to the New Orleans Saints. New Orleans received the 6-foot-1, 203-pound Polk in...

Firefighters face chemical-involved blaze at small business

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Firefighters discovered a hazardous material was involved in a fire at a local business, and were unable to use water to fight it. On Sept. 13, at 12:09 p.m., the Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) responded to a fire at a...

New Orleans' Kr3wcial moves with intention on new full-length album ‘God is With Us’

Kr3wcial recently released his first full-length album, 'God is With Us.' Photo by Maddie Spinner / Gambit There’s a bonus track that closes out the vinyl record version of Kr3wcial’s meaningful new album “God is With Us.” The New Orleans hip-hop...

Patriots trade injured receiver Polk to Saints

The New Orleans Saints traded for New England Patriots wide receiver Ja'Lynn Polk on Saturday. Polk, a 2024 second-round pick, is on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. The Saints will receive Polk and a 2028 seventh-round pick, while the...

Breaking: Saints trade for WR Ja’Lynn Polk

Before the regular season began, the New Orleans Saints made a surprising trade to acquire WR Devaughn Vele for a future 4th-round pick. This was a smart move due to the lack of depth and contested catch threats in the Saints’ WR room, but trading...

Patriots trade former second-round draft pick Ja’Lynn Polk to Saints

The New England Patriots and Ja’Lynn Polk will go their separate ways in the future. Just 17 months after he joined the team as a second-round pick in the NFL Draft, the sophomore wide receiver has been traded to the New Orleans Saints.The...

Report: Patriots trade young wide receiver to Saints

Former second-round draft pick Ja'Lynn Polk's time in New England has ended, according to a report from The Athletic's Dianna Russini. New England traded the wide receiver and a seventh-round draft pick to the New Orleans Saints for a 2027...

New Orleans chiropractor sentenced to 7 years for $2.3M health care fraud scheme

A New Orleans chiropractor who bilked Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana out of $2.3 million to bankroll luxury shopping, travel and gambling was sentenced Friday to seven years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said. In...

Trump administration could deploy 1,000 troops to Louisiana cities until 2026, report says

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Baton Rouge office market tightens as demand for premium space rises

No. 25 Mizzou overwhelms Louisiana, remaining undefeated to start 2025 campaign

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) From start-to-finish, the No. 25 Mizzou football team thoroughly trounced the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, 52-10, to move to 3-0 to start the 2025 campaign. It's the third-straight season that head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company...

Patriots trade WR Ja’Lynn Polk to Saints in surprising draft pick swap despite shoulder injury

(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) NFL trades are usually about instant impact but this one’s a curveball. The New England Patriots just shipped wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for a late-round draft pick swap, even...

Patriots Trade 2nd-Round Draft Bust WR To Saints

By Jackson Roberts is a Newsweek contributor based in Hoboken, NJ. His focus is MLB content. Jackson has been with Newsweek since July of 2025 and previously worked at The Sporting News and MLB Network. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College and...

Ja'Lynn Polk trade: How many draft picks do Saints have left?

Rebuilds don't often look like this. If an NFL team like the New Orleans Saints were truly going all in on their future and choosing to tank a season in hopes of a better draft pick and healthier salary cap situation, they wouldn't be trading so...

Patriots trade former second-round WR Ja'Lynn Polk to Saints

New Orleans is already looking ahead to improve its wide receiving corps for the 2026 season. The Saints are acquiring second-year wide receiver Ja'Lynn Polk from the New England Patriots in exchange for a 2027 sixth-round draft pick, NFL Network...

From Iowa to Spokane to New Orleans: The Athletic’s top 10 college bars includes Jack & Dan’s, of course

The point of doing a list of the 10 best college bars is to give the reader a guide of places to check out if he or she ends up in one of these college towns. It is not to identify the places in those towns that pack in the most college students....