CrimeTracker Cold Case: Who killed a Jefferson Parish school teacher and her boyfriend?

The families of 33-year-year old Jefferson Parish pre-school teacher Jacqueliyn Williams and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Thaddeus Jackson are still desperate for answers over a year after they were killed.

AP source: Prosecutor to examine Russia probe origins

Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was "lawful and appropriate," a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday.

House committee approves bill to put up ‘Home of the Who Dat Nation’ signs on I-10

A bill to place the phrase “Home of the Who Dat Nation Highway” on signs along I-10 is a step away from becoming law.

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  Wolf River floods major roadways, threatens homes

House committee approves bill to put up ‘Home of the Who Dat Nation’ signs on I-10

  Jefferson Parish says drainage pumps worked properly during weekend rainstorms

  Pearl River County recovering from weekend flooding

State Police: 4 sought for fraud in Terrebonne Parish

Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit – Houma Field Office are asking for the public’s help in locating four people wanted for felony fraud in two separate cases.
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3 dead, 3 missing after small tour planes collide in Alaska

Three people were killed after two sightseeing airplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided in midair Monday near a southeast Alaska town, the Coast Guard said.

Outstanding May weather this week

  City officials assess Mother’s Day flood damage as some residents mop up

Biotech research companies moving to New Orleans university

NOPD: 4 injured in Central City shooting

WATCH: Biloxi says goodbye to Officer Robert McKeithen

  New Orleans East residents wake up to smashed car windows

15-year-old arrested for New Orleans East triple shooting, NOPD says

  Court grants Sophie B. Wright students right to participate in graduation, but too late for ceremony

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Jury: Monsanto to pay $2 billion in weed killer cancer case

A jury on Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.05 billion to a couple claiming that the company’s popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers.

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The Cost of Choice: As New Orleans’ Catholic school enrollment fell, state vouchers came to the rescue

The largest participant in the Louisiana Scholarship Program, the New Orleans Archdiocese with 3,700 scholarship students, has more than half of the total students in the program.

  Watching Your Wallet: Spring housing market secrets revealed

Want to get top dollar for your home this spring? Or are you looking to buy your first home? NerdWallet gives tips for those on both sides of the equation.

  The Cost of Choice: Lax application process, holes in transparency in state scholarship program

The Louisiana Scholarship Program allows schools to simply notify the state to participate in the program rather than a lengthy application process like public and charter schools face for approval.

  The Cost of Choice: Family-run school sanctioned by state, receives millions in scholarship dollars

  FOX 8 Defenders: Drivers say stretch of Almonaster is a ‘safety hazard’

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House committee approves bill to put up ‘Home of the Who Dat Nation’ signs on I-10

LSU Baseball: May 13 National Polls

The Tigers (31-21, 15-12) lost two out of three to the Arkansas Razorbacks this weekend in Fayetteville.

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Air Transat adds non-stop flights between Montreal and New Orleans

  NOFD, Entergy investigate smoking manhole in front at Le Meridian Hotel

Two shot on I-10 in New Orleans East

NOPD: 1 Injured in Hollygrove shooting

State Police: LaPlace man killed in motorcycle crash

A 47-year-old man died after being thrown from his motorcycle on Highway 61 Sunday afternoon (May 11).
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Former US President Jimmy Carter has surgery for broken hip

Former President Jimmy Carter underwent surgery at a medical center in Americus, Georgia.

  'This happens way too much’: N.O. residents fed up after Mother’s Day flooding

Harrison Co. residents deal with rising waters after heavy rains

Police: 2 booked with murder in connection with Houma fatal shooting

Funeral service, procession to reflect respect, love for slain officer

COAST IN CRISIS

  Recovery continues 9 years after Deepwater Horizon disaster

Nine years have passed since the BP oil spill claimed 11 lives and caused an ecological nightmare.

New Orleans sues oil, gas firms over coastal erosion

The City of New Orleans is suing several oil and gas companies over coastal erosion.