The city is requiring more police officers at parades this year, putting higher costs on smaller, independent krewes vital to New Orleans’ Mardi Gras heritage.
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Workers were manufacturing pipeline to replace a ruptured section of carbon dioxide line that sent 45 people to the hospital in Mississippi.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wins confirmation to be President Trump's secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The vote was 52 to 48.
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Much of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi remain under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. with severe weather in the forecast Wednesday.
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The company is expected to create 175 direct new jobs over the next 10 years with a projected payroll of $12.5 million.
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The $63.7 million project would restore forests and wetland habitats along 39 miles of the Mississippi River.
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The ruling by a Texas judge against a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas could test "shield laws" in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.
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Consumers in possession of the coolers are urged to stop using them immediately — and contact Igloo for a free replacement handle.
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The order allowing funds to flow again applies to existing contracts before Trump issued his Jan. 20 executive order declaring a freeze on foreign assistance.
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CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from external papers pending publication.
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When you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way … till the Jets decide you're not coming back next season.