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Black man behind “separate but equal” ruling is pardoned
Louisiana's governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1892 led to the Supreme Court ruling that...
Homer Plessy, key to U.S. Supreme Court’s “separate but equal” ruling, on road to pardon
A Louisiana board on Friday voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a “whites-only" railroad car to protest discrimination led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate...
Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles
Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, while across southeast Louisiana residents waited for daylight to be rescued from floodwaters and see...
Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing...
Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary
Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category...
As Hurricane Sally chugs to coast, Gulf residents get ready
Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents rushed to finish last-minute preparations Monday as Tropical Storm Sally chugged slowly through warm Gulf waters. Forecasters predicted landfall as a hurricane, and said the biggest...
With quirks and restrictions, many states lift coronavirus lockdowns
More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their...
Lost to coronavirus: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85
Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday after battling pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, leaving six sons...
As Barry approaches, New Orleans residents debate evacuation
Residents who survived Katrina remember the heartaches and hardships that befell them -- whether they fled their homes or rode it out.
Invasive, noxious treefrogs that eat smaller frogs and grow to be as big as a human fist have established a population in New Orleans
Invasive, noxious Cuban treefrogs that eat smaller frogs and grow as big as a human fist have established a population in New Orleans, and officials say they could soon pose...