A Mississippi jury has awarded a total of more than $3 million to five African American strippers after a federal judge found the women worked under worse conditions than their white colleagues.
Officers found Daniel Anderson, 58, in the parking lot in a wheelchair with a hammer tucked under his thigh and another hammer propped under his armpit. Anderson told police he was sitting there to make sure the victim didn’t leave the apartment complex.
Louisiana’s debt load has declined for the first time in a decade, a notable benchmark in a state trying to get a handle on its finances after years of budget gaps and record borrowing. But the amount Louisiana owes for every man, woman, and child still outstrips the national average.
A grandmother is recovering after she was carjacked Tuesday afternoon, in broad daylight. Police reports indicate the suspects demanded her keys and threatened to kill her before one of them attacked.
While major strides have been made in fighting cancer, a federal agency wants to ensure that women have important information about a breast characteristic that could increase cancer risk.
When drainage issues were getting too much for Marty Fears to handle, he took matters into his own hands. He dug out and built a makeshift drainage ditch around his property.
House lawmakers approved a bill 97 to 4 that would divert money currently earmarked for state savings accounts to construct a new LA 415 to LA 1 connector.
Despite saying that he does not intend to run for governor of Louisiana, President Donald Trump urged Rep. Steve Scalise to challenge for the seat, according to a report.
The NOPD is investigating a shooting by officers that left an armed man dead in a New Orleans East apartment complex Friday morning in the 6800 Block of Parc Brittany Boulevard.
Disgruntled Pelicans star Anthony Davis might not be coming back to New Orleans next year, but team owner Gayle Benson made it clear he isn’t going to Los Angles.
Dubbed the Equality Act, the bill is a top priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said it will bring the nation "closer to equal liberty and justice for all."
Dr. Richard Strauss groped or ogled young men while treating athletes from at least 16 sports and working at the student health center and his off-campus clinic, investigators from a law firm hired by the university found.
A judge ruled that NBA YoungBoy's probation be put on hold while the District Attorney's office investigates a social media video allegedly showing the rapper making violent threats.
In 2015, FOX 8 highlighted a Metairie girl whom doctors said wouldn’t live through the night at birth. Today, the 18-year-old is about to begin a new journey.
Some residents in the Irish Channel say they’re afraid to walk the streets at night due to an uptick in juvenile crime. Fox 8 spoke to NOPD’s Sixth District Commander who says they’re battling the issue just like the rest of the city, but there is an upside to recent crime numbers.
According to police, bystanders said the man doused himself with gasoline, ran into the store, went back out, went to a corner of the parking lot and lit himself on fire.
A specialty school catering to students with autism and operated by the University of Southern Mississippi is shutting its doors due to lack of funding, leaving parents searching for answers.
President Donald Trump unveiled his latest immigration overhaul plan during a Rose Garden address before dozens of supporters, and members of his cabinet.
Following in the footsteps of Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama, Louisiana lawmakers are now poised to pass their version of a bill that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
The House’s judiciary committee did not approve or kill a bill that would allow for recreational marijuana use in Louisiana. Instead, lawmakers essentially sent it to the House’s criminal justice committee, where the concept faces opposition.
The mother said that although the school suspended one of the bullies, her daughter was being harassed more than before, even saying she had thought about suicide.
The woman shot and killed at a Bourbon St. restaurant likely died while trying to break up a fight between her current boyfriend and ex-boyfriend, according to a police report.
Westwego residents want help in dealing with a home they consider abandoned, in their neighborhood. They say bee and wasp swarms are a blight on their street
A Covington woman was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after repeatedly raping a child under 13, according the district attorney of St. Tammany and Washington parishes.
Planet Fitness is inviting teenagers ages 15 – 18 to work out for free at any of its more than 1,700 Planet Fitness locations from May 15 through Sept. 1 as part of the nationwide Teen Summer Challenge initiative.
The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office said a boy and girl were shot during a violent altercation between two men in a St. Rose strip mall parking lot.
The U.S. Coast Guard said work has been completed that should successfully contain and collect oil from a platform that sank of Louisiana’s coast after Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
For those who have phytophotodermatitis, handling lime or any citrus juice - and then exposing that skin to the sun will cause burns, sometimes severe one.
