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A dead rodent lies on the sidewalk of a deserted Bourbon Street, normally bustling with tourists and revelers, in New Orleans, Monday, March 23, 2020. Complicating New Orleans' fight against the new coronavirus spread, rats and mice are abandoning their hiding places in walls and rafters of shuttered businesses and venturing outside. On Bourbon Street, workers in protective clothing placed poisonous bait in storm drains and set out traps. "Unfortunately, what's happening is, many of these rodents are looking for an alternative food source," Claudia Riegel, the city's pest control director, said Monday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A dead rodent lies on the sidewalk of a deserted Bourbon Street, normally bustling with tourists and revelers, in New Orleans, Monday, March 23, 2020. Complicating New Orleans' fight against the new coronavirus spread, rats and mice are abandoning their hiding places in walls and rafters of shuttered businesses and venturing outside. On Bourbon Street, workers in protective clothing placed poisonous bait in storm drains and set out traps. "Unfortunately, what's happenin…

March 24, 2020

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Trump approves federal disaster declaration for Louisiana
March 24, 2020 11:35 p.m.

Trump approves federal disaster declaration for Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — President Donald Trump Tuesday evening granted a federal disaster declaration exists in Louisiana and ordered assistance to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by COVID-19.