Nation Apr 16 Coast Guard divers hope to reach 12 missing in capsized ship Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized lift boat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday. The effort to rescue 12 missing people has been complicated by daunting technical challenges and continued bad weather.
Nation Mar 26 Tornadoes kill at least five people in the Deep South As many as eight tornadoes might have hit Alabama on Thursday.
Nation Feb 16 Canceled parades and closed bars make for muted Mardi Gras Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all were expected to prevent what New Orleans usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season.
Nation Oct 30 One Louisiana island tries to make sense of Hurricane Zeta’s toll Toppled utility poles and debris from damaged buildings litter much of Grand Isle, Louisiana, a vulnerable barrier island community where residents were among the first to witness the ferocity of Hurricane Zeta.
Nation Oct 30 ‘Our heart breaks’: South digs out from Zeta’s wrath Hurricane Zeta has come and gone, but residents across the South are still digging out from the Category 2 storm that made landfall in Louisiana before racing northeast and out to sea.
Nation Oct 29 Zeta barrels northeast after battering storm-weary coast A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it barreled northeast Thursday morning after ripping through Louisiana and Mississippi where storm-weary residents were advised to stay indoors overnight while officials assessed the havoc the storm had wrought.
Nation Oct 28 Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Louisiana The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Zeta has crashed ashore in storm-weary Louisiana as a powerful Category 2 storm, striking the latest blow of an extraordinarily busy Atlantic tropical storm season.
Nation Aug 20 New Orleans street honoring Confederate icon renamed for HBCU president New Orleans' City Council voted Thursday to rename Jefferson Davis Parkway. It will be renamed for Norman C. Francis. Francis was the first Black graduate of the Loyola University of New Orleans School of Law.
Science Apr 18 10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling in deeper and deeper waters, where payoffs can be huge but risks are greater than ever.
Nation Nov 07 Federal appeals court to rehear law on adoptions of Native American children It means Native American tribes will again have to defend the law, which they say is critical to protect and preserve Native American culture and families.