Live Updates: Hurricane Ida continues path of destruction through Louisiana
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A weakened but still powerful Hurricane Ida was slowly making its way north into south-central Louisiana early Monday, pummeling the region with heavy winds and rain, a dangerous storm surge and flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
More than a million homes and businesses had power outages statewide, including the entire city of New Orleans. There were reports of people being trapped in homes. Some levees were breached. Emergency communications lines went out in some spots. Boil water advisories were issued for some communities.Actor Richard Dreyfuss is facing backlash for allegedly sharing remarks that audience members found sexist, homophobic and generally offensive at a Q&A event over the weekend tied to a Massachusetts theater's screening of "Jaws." Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 blockbuster that was filmed in Massachusetts and screened Saturday night at The Cabot, a performing arts center in the coastal community of Beverly.
Another American who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands for possessing ammunition was sentenced to time served and a $9,000 fine on Tuesday, local media reported. Tyler Wenrich was facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison for ammunition charges in the British territory.