Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson say they have proven Pythagoras’s theorem by using trigonometry, something academics have long thought to be impossible.

Have two US teens found proof for 2,000-year-old Pythagoras theorem?

The carnival season is nearing its traditional all-out Fat Tuesday celebration.

Two killed during Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans

The shooting happened in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

New Orleans shooting leaves 11 people injured

A large section of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction beside the city’s historic French Quarter collapsed.

Two dead in hotel collapse in New Orleans

The building was under construction at the corner of Rampart Street and Canal Street, a broad boulevard just outside the Quarter.

One dead, three missing after Hard Rock Hotel collapse

It makes the city the latest to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation of racism and white supremacy.


New Orleans removes Confederate monument

A suspected drunk driver ploughed into a crowd during Mardi Gras celebrations in the southern US city. 

At least 28 people injured in New Orleans truck horror

One person has died after the shooting in the heart the historic French Quarter.

Ten people shot in famous New Orleans street

More is needed to help overcome poverty and inequality in New Orleans, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area, Obama has said.

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