Lineup: The 2020 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival lineup is set to be released today for the 51st year of the two-weekend event, WAFB-TV reports. The festival starts April 23 and ends May 3. Nearly 500,000 attended during the festival’s 50th anniversary last year. Read the full story.
D.C.: LSU confirmed the football team will travel to the White House on Friday where President Donald Trump will honor the team for its win over Clemson, WBRZ-TV reports. The Tigers are expected to be back in Baton Rouge on Saturday for a victory celebration and parade on campus. Read the full story.
It’s alive! An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has created a new type of concrete that is alive and can reproduce, The New York Times reports. Minerals in the new material are deposited by microbes that capture energy through photosynthesis. Read the full story.
