Politics Apr 27 Federal judge halts Biden administration phase out of pandemic asylum limits A judge has ordered a two-week halt on phasing out pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum as the Biden administration prepares for the restrictions to be fully lifted on May 23.
Nation Apr 14 Biden’s ‘cost of carbon’ policy survives court challenge An effort by President Joe Biden's administration to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for pollution-generating industries has survived another court challenge.
Economy Sep 07 430,000 still without power 9 days after Hurricane Ida The state Public Service Commission said Tuesday that 95 percent of utility customers in the four hardest-hit parishes remain without electricity. In contrast, nearly all power has been restored in the capital city of Baton Rouge, and 73 percent of…
Nation Sep 01 Louisiana residents reeling from Hurricane Ida damage Power and water outages affected hundreds of thousands of people, many of them with no way to get immediate relief.
Nation Aug 31 WATCH: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA’s Criswell give Hurricane Ida damage update Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are now dealing with the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat.
Nation Aug 30 Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the sweltering, late-summer heat.
Nation Aug 30 WATCH: News Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell holds briefing after Hurricane Ida slams region A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the late-summer heat.
Nation Aug 28 Live Map: Track the path of Hurricane Ida Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters and utility crews mobilized Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and made a shambles of the electrical grid.
Nation Aug 27 WATCH: New Orleans officials give news briefing on Tropical Storm Ida Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned.
Nation Jun 20 12 dead in Alabama due to Claudette, including 10 children Forecasters warned of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the Deep South, particularly across central Alabama, as Tropical Depression Claudette traveled over coastal states early Sunday.