ROBERT HARRIS

This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album of rootsy rock from John Mellencamp, the return of puppet friends from “Fraggle Rock” and a virtual Sundance Film Festival where all the selections can be streamed.

Miami’s most powerful police couple, Deputy Chief Ronald Papier and Little Havana Comdr. Nerly Papier, are fighting to get their jobs back just as Miami Chief Art Acevedo is protecting his.

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Coastal Louisiana felt the first blow from Tropical Storm Barrys winds early on Friday as the slow-moving tempest was forecast to become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019 threatening to bring rain and flooding to New Orleans. Tropical Storm Barry packed maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (85 km per hour) early Friday and was centered 95 miles (155 km) southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. New Orleans is already saturated after torrential rains flooded streets on Wednesday. A view of downtown New Orleans pictured with the Mississippi River as Tropical Storm Barry approaches land in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. July 11, 2019. A view from the top of the levee that protects the Ninth Ward from the Industrial Canal is pictured as Tropical Storm Barry approaches land in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. July 11, 2019.