New Orleans has seen a sharp decline in violent crime and homicides. Here's what police, community leaders and data suggest is contributing to the trend, and why concerns about gun violence remain.

An attorney for Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has sent litigation preservation letters to New Orleans Mayor Helena ...

Investigators say the mother of 7-year-old Paris Williams tried to hide what happened before the Addis girl died from ...

Scattered afternoon storms and dangerous heat grip the Gulf Coast through the weekend before a slow-moving front brings a ...

Pan Am Flight 759 crashed into a Kenner neighborhood on July 9, 1982, after encountering microburst-induced wind shear during ...

New Orleans has been named one of the most irreplaceable places in the country, landing on a new national preservation list ...

Criminal Court Judge Leon Roche defended his decision to close the courtroom during the grand jury indictment of Attorney ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court has appointed a retired judge to oversee proceedings in the criminal case against state. Supreme ...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms fire up again Friday midday and afternoon across southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi ...

A judge in St. Tammany Parish ordered deputies to summon courthouse visitors for jury duty Wednesday after the regular jury ...

Louisiana health officials are tracking 23 cases of cyclosporiasis, a foodborne parasitic illness that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea.

New Orleans will host more College Football Playoff games at the Sugar Bowl, including future quarterfinal and semifinal ...