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A US Coast Guard helicopter rescued a man who was reported to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship into the Gulf of Mexico about 20 miles (32 kilometers) off Southwest Pass, Louisiana on Thanksgiving Day. (Nov. 26)

Three Louisiana bank employees took themselves to a hospital after handling flyers left in a night dropbox, authorities said

Jordan Travis and Treshaun Ward each had a pair of touchdown runs in the first half and Florida State ran for 251 yards, routing Louisiana 49-17 on Saturday.

A judge refused Friday to quash a subpoena issued to former White House press secretary Jen Psaki that seeks her deposition in a lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana, alleging that the Biden administration conspired to silence conservative voices on social media. Psaki filed a motion in federal court in Alexandria seeking to quash the subpoena, saying that she had no relevant information to provide and that a deposition would place an undue burden on her.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Congress gave too much power to a nonprofit authority it created in 2020 to develop and enforce horseracing rules.

A former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty in federal court to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim after befriending her in May 2020.

Voters in four states — Vermont, Oregon, Alabama and Tennessee — approved antislavery ballot measures in the 2022 elections. The Louisiana amendment may have failed, in part, because of confusion.

Here's everything you need to know about Louisiana-Florida State, from the point spread, moneyline and total Over/Under.

The financial losses resulting from recent climate disasters are greater than the amount of federal funds provided for recovery efforts, the report said.

A week after securing his reelection to the U.S. Senate, Republican Sen. John Kennedy said Monday that he is “giving serious consideration” to entering the 2023 Louisiana governor's race. In a statement, Kennedy said he will be announcing “soon” whether he will run for governor or not. Current Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, is unable to seek a third consecutive term due to term limits — opening a huge opportunity for Republicans to take control of the state’s highest ranking position.

The United Methodist Church, a mainstay of the American religious landscape, has cut ties with 58 churches in its Louisiana conference amid a nationwide schism within the Protestant denomination. The disaffiliations, approved in a virtual conference session Saturday, were the latest in a series of decisions that many Louisiana churches have made in recent weeks to leave the national congregation. Six churches leaving the conference are from the New Orleans area.

People who work in hurricane-affected areas often talk about the stress the long rebuilding process can take on people and the anxiety stirred up during hurricane season.

A man had his murder conviction vacated because he killed himself in jail while his appeal was pending. The Louisiana Supreme Court said he should not have been exonerated.

Charlie Woods may just be 13 years old, but this week his driver was looking exactly like his father's: 15-time major winner Tiger Woods.

Family, friends and fans are preparing to bid farewell to rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis at memorial services held in his north Louisiana home town (November 5)

As the negative consequences of rising global temperatures become more apparent in communities across the United States, anxiety over finding a place to live safe from the ravages of climate change has also been on the rise.

Authorities in southeast Louisiana's St. James Parish say all but two families have been allowed to return to their homes a day after a train car derailment and hydrochloric acid leak forced the evacuation of 200 residences.

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded grants for projects to monitor air quality in 37 states, with a focus on minority communities and other areas overburdened by pollution.

Many lawmakers and candidates in the upcoming midterm elections are pushing to decriminalize weed, even in states where it's not on the ballot.

A state archeology department thought it would be exciting and educational to open a shipwreck to the public. Then people began stealing from it.

With a defendant so obviously mentally disturbed, who cares what his ideological views are, other than that he planned to kill Nancy Pelosi?

Sarah Guillory’s new middle-grade novel was inspired by flooding in the author’s home state of Louisiana.

In Oregon and Louisiana, hundreds remain behind bars two years after U.S. Supreme Court outlawed split-jury verdicts

“The sandwich maker, who allegedly already had a bad attitude, picked the sandwich up off the ground and hurled it (like a Nolan Ryan fastball), right into the customer’s face (with a few choice words),” police said.

Former President Donald Trump purchased his Boeing 757 personal plane in 2011 for $100 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

LSU re-entered The Associated Press College Football poll at No. 18 and No. 25 South Carolina earned a ranking for the first time in four seasons.

A Louisiana shooting at a fraternity party just off the Southern University campus left 11 people injured Friday morning. Two suspects have been arrested.

Court records show a woman accused of starving and abusing her twin teenagers had been arrested a decade earlier on a child abuse charge.

After Schanda Handley's abduction, she found video recordings made by her estranged husband, Michael Handley, that authorities said show him planning the whole thing.

A Missouri police chief was charged after his girlfriend's brother allegedly overdosed in the officer's apartment. His girlfriend was also charged with second-degree drug trafficking.

Barges are cutting their cargo, engineers are emergency dredging, and sea water is pushing its way up a historically low Mississippi River.

A teen brother and sister whose escape from a Texas home was seen on chilling doorbell camera footage were allegedly handcuffed, zip-tied naked and forced to drink their own urine.

A teen brother and sister whose escape from a Texas home was seen on chilling doorbell camera footage were allegedly handcuffed, zip-tied naked and forced to drink their own urine.

Three members of the legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, and three other people, were killed in a plane crash on this day in history, Oct. 20, 1977.

'Data gaps' in radar systems and an outage involving a Coast Guard marine warning system both played factors in the deadly capsize of an oil vessel near Louisiana last year.

Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.

A shipwreck has emerged along the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as water levels plummet — threatening to reach record lows in some areas.

A shipwreck has emerged along the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as water levels plummet — threatening to reach record lows in some areas. The ship, which archaeologists believe to be a ferry that sunk in the late 1800s to early 1900s, was spotted by a Baton Rouge resident walking along the shore earlier this month. During the summer, receding waters in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area revealed several skeletal remains, countless desiccated fish, a graveyard of forgotten boats and even a sunken World War II-era craft that once surveyed the lake.

A reputed drug dealer accused of raping a woman police informant sent into his house alone in an unmonitored sting has skipped bail and was a no-show Monday at what was supposed to the start of his trial. Antonio D. Jones’ alleged attack in which he was caught on video forcing the woman to perform oral sex on him twice was reported in an Associated Press investigation last month that exposed the perils such informants can face seeking to “work off” criminal charges in often loosely regulated, secretive arrangements. Prosecutors told AP the amount of Jones’ bail had been “pre-set” and was not unreasonably low despite the violent nature of the charges and his extensive criminal history.

Major League Pickleball has attracted new investments from Tom Brady and Kim Clijsters as the sport soars in popularity.

A Coast Guard boat crew saw two of the people fending off sharks, and both of them had injured hands.

In September, schools across the country started getting hoax calls that active shooters were on their campuses. But nearly one month in, there are more questions than ever.

Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 | ‘Derry Girls’ returns to Netflix for its final season.

Lack of rainfall in recent weeks has left the Mississippi River approaching record low levels.

In this week's contest, combine the names of two one-word movies to make a new one. Plus the winners of our "sister cities" contest.

The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck in the mud and sand.

An outspoken Christian conservative attorney from Alabama wants a federal appeals court to revive a Louisiana pastor's damage claims against state officials over long-expired COVID-19 restrictions.

Representative Clay Higgins, a Republican from Louisiana, made a very strange aside after arguing life starts at conception. Representative Higgins was recently in the news for his aggressive back and forth that he had with a woman who was testifying on environmental racism.

GOP Sen. John Kennedy offers some Pelican State wisdom on "Jesse Watters Primetime" about what's really behind the crime surge in major cities across America.

The person arrested pointed what appeared to be a gun at the Coast Guard rescue helicopter and the aircrew heard objects striking the aircraft.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez called out Rep. Higgins over the way he was speaking to a Congressional witness.

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), who is known for defending fossil fuel use, got into a heated exchange with witness Raya Salter at a House climate hearing.

The Louisiana Bond Commission has approved a $39 million future line of credit for a critical New Orleans area power plant project that had become an unlikely pawn in the ongoing political tug-of-war over enforcing Louisiana’s near-total abortion ban.

Louisiana mother joins "Fox & Friends First" to share her struggle to find baby formula for her twins as the shortage continues to impact families across the U.S.

Aadrina Smith, a substitute teacher at a Louisiana school, is accused of offering students $5 each to bully and attack one of their classmates, police said.

Millions of Americans will be at risk of flooding by 2050. But the economic impact will be felt much sooner, climate researchers say.

A record eight whooping crane chicks have taken wing in Louisiana after hatching in the wild.

A Trump-appointed judge ordered the Biden administration to turn over White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails to social media giants in 21 days.

Louisiana got 1,500 additional vaccine vials for the Southern Decadence festival.

News agencies report that an 83-year-old missionary nun from Louisiana has been released nearly five months after she was kidnapped from her bed in the west African country of Burkina Faso.

Newsy catches up with a Louisiana resident who went through Hurricane Ida one year ago.

"I've been with the sheriff's office since '92. I can't tell you how many times I've stood in this exact same spot and worked drownings," the Beauregard Parish sheriff said.

A pregnant Louisiana woman who was denied an abortion even though her fetus has a rare and fatal condition is asking Gov. John Bel Edwards to call a special session of the legislature to clarify the state’s abortion law.

A restaurant customer in Fort Lauderdale has died of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters.

The world's smallest and most endangered sea turtle has hatched in Louisiana's wilds for the first known time in 75 years.

There's no dispute that Louisiana needs to replace its voting machines.

Access to abortion in Louisiana has been back-and-forth for weeks — with the state’s three clinics relying on rulings and temporary restraining orders to continue operations.

Federal meteorologists say this hurricane season may not be quite as busy as they initially thought, but it should still be more active than normal.

A Louisiana sheriff says rapper Mystikal is again accused of rape.

Court battles over abortion continue to play out in multiple states in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling reversing abortion rights.

Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing the state’s near total ban on abortion.

The superintendent of Louisiana State Police acknowledges he was pulled over for speeding in an unmarked work vehicle but did not receive a ticket from one of his own officers.

Louisiana authorities can now enforce the state’s ban on almost all abortions under a new court order.

Arizona’s Republican attorney general says a total abortion ban that has been on the books since before statehood can be enforced, putting him at odds with that state's Republican governor.

The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power.

The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country, as abortion foes looked to quickly enact statewide bans and the other side sought to buy more time.

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse for Hurricane Ida has been arrested.

Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to use a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, in an effort to address racial inequities in maternal care.

Louisiana's Democratic governor says he'll call the state's Republican-dominated Legislature into special session to draw up new congressional districts.

Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize.

The Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to use a higher estimate than Republican-led states want for calculating damages to people and the environment from greenhouse gas emissions.

The Jaguars continued the remaking of their roster in the NFL draft on Saturday.

Descendants of slaves who lived in southeastern Louisiana have won a key ruling allowing their legal opposition to a grain elevator to be built along the Mississippi River to go forward.

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.

The Energy Department has authorized additional exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from planned terminals in Texas and Louisiana.

Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele shot a 4-under 68 in alternate-shot play Friday at windswept TPC of Louisiana to maintain a one-stroke lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

A livestreamed fatal stabbing of a woman on social media led police to her body in an office building parking lot in Louisiana’s capital.

Three years after an arsonist torched three small Black churches in rural Louisiana, rebuilding is well under way.

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.

Human-caused climate change made the record-smashing 2020 Atlantic hurricane season even wetter.

The second-in-command of Louisiana State Police has been placed on leave while an investigation continues into the wiping of his cellphone data during an investigation into Black motorist Ronald Greene’s death.

A fungus that has killed millions of bats nationwide has been found in Louisiana but has not sickened any bats so far in the state.

Nearly 60 years ago, a historic Black community founded as a home for people emancipated after the Civil War was demolished for a national park commemorating both the Battle of New Orleans and Civil War casualties.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is allocating nearly $3 billion in disaster relief to cover recovery efforts by multiple state and local governments.

An appeals court has revived a Biden administration effort to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries.

The Louisiana State Police have hired an outside consultant to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the scandal-plagued agency.

Sheriff’s office divers searched a gator-infested canal in a Florida wilderness preserve after human remains were found in the mouth of a large alligator, officials said.

A federal court has again rejected a Louisiana pastor's lawsuit over Gov. John Bel Edwards' past COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings.