Officials have increased the reward for the capture of seven escaped New Orleans inmates.

Powerful storms have killed two people in Mississippi, torn the roofs off an apartment building and a nursing home in Oklahoma and threatened communities across the nation.

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes filled the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrated Mardi Gras Day despite the threat of storms.

Carnival season 2025 is approaching its climax in New Orleans and all the Gulf Coast.

The City of New Orleans says it has spent more than 18 months preparing to host its 11th Super Bowl on Feb. 9.

A judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending longstanding federal oversight.

Newly released police bodycam video shows that the Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day fired at least one time from inside his truck before police fatally shot him.

The FBI now says that the pickup truck driver responsible for a deadly rampage in New Orleans acted alone.

Federal and law officials identified the man behind the wheel as a Texas man who drove a truck through a crowd of pedestrians gathered in New Orleans to celebrate New Year’s.

Investigators now believe the driver who barreled through a crowd of New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans acted alone.

The New Orleans police chief says conditions at the department's aging headquarters are so deplorable that rats have munched on marijuana contraband in the evidence locker.