Politics Aug 05 Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation, federal judge rules Massachusetts and the other states that brought the lawsuit argued FEMA lacked the authority to end the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and redirect more than $4 billion of its funding.
Politics Jul 10 Democratic leader Jeffries heads to Speaker Johnson's home state to decry cuts in Trump's megabill The top Democrat in the U.S. House is holding a town hall Thursday in Louisiana, home to Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and his deputy, to rally against the health care cuts in the GOP bill that President Donald Trump signed into law.
Politics Jun 20 Federal appeals court blocks Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
Nation May 31 More friends, family of New Orleans fugitives arrested for helping with jail escape Records show some of the fugitives received aid before and after their escape — including from a number of people named in police reports but not yet facing charges.
Nation May 20 New Orleans jail worker arrested after admitting he helped inmates escape when they threatened to 'shank' him Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 jail inmates.
Nation May 17 Authorities search for escapees after 10 break out of New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall while the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food,…
Nation Apr 20 15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits and coastal restoration have stalled Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation's worst offshore oil spill are still being felt.
Nation Mar 04 Powerful storms across U.S. bring range of threats from fires to blizzard conditions Forecasts on Tuesday also predicted dust storms in the southwest, tornadoes in the South and blizzard conditions in the Central Plains, and were forcing some changes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Nation Feb 25 A Black community in Louisiana was eligible for historic landmark designation. The National Park Service withdrew it from consideration The agency withdrew the 11-mile stretch of land known as Great River Road from consideration for National Historic Landmark designation at the request of state officials, who celebrated the move as a win for economic development.
Nation Jan 10 Police bodycam footage shows New Orleans attacker fired at police before they shot and killed him Newly released police bodycam video shows that the Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year's Day fired at least one time from inside his truck before police fatally shot him.