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A freighter collided with a paddlewheel cruise ship carrying around 130 people on the Mississippi River near New Orleans, causing the cruise ship to capsize. Rescue operations were underway, according to Deutsche Welle. The reports did not give the cause of the collision. Deutsche Welle later reported that more than 30 people were hospitalized, and that all passengers survived and had been accounted for. Further details on the cause of the collision and the rescue effort were not yet available.