Once made of glass and cherished by parade spectators who were lucky enough to catch them, today cheap plastic beadnecklaces from overseas are tossed from floats by the…
Read more Biodegradable Mardi Gras Beads Help Make Carnival Season More SustainablePresident Donald Trump has justified sending National Guard troops into U.S. cities as part of an effort to combat crime and support local law enforcement. Critics of the…
Read more Federal Troop Deployments to US Cities Cost Taxpayers $496M and CountingATLANTA (AP) — Millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas are bracing for a potentially catastrophic ice storm that could crush trees and power lines and…
Read more Millions of Americans Brace for Potentially Catastrophic Ice Storm. What to Know, by the NumbersWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newly appointed envoy to Greenland said Tuesday that the Republican administration is looking to begin a conversation with residents…
Read more Trump’s Newly Appointed Envoy to Greenland Says US Not Looking to ‘Conquer’ the Danish TerritoryA decade of court oversight of special education services in New Orleans public schools, the result of a legal settlement, will most likely cease by the end of…
Read more Federal Oversight of Special Education in New Orleans Could Soon EndOne of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she…
Read more Mississippi Woman Kills Escaped Monkey Fearing for Her Children’s SafetyOriginally known as the food stamp program, it has existed since 1964, serving low-income people, many of whom have jobs but don’t make enough money to cover all…
Read more SNAP Has Provided Grocery Help for 60-Plus Years; Here’s How It WorksNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigration authorities did not receive word of a court order blocking the removal of a man living in Alabama until after he had been…
Read more Judge’s Order Blocking Removal of Man From US Wasn’t Received Until After He Was Deported, DHS SaysThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries. A halt to SNAP benefits would leave a gaping hole in the country’s…
Read more What to Know as Federal Food Help and Preschool Aid Will Run Dry Saturday if Shutdown PersistsNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal jury found a private company running a Louisiana jail liable for the 2015 death of a man who died of head injuries…
Read more Louisiana Jury Awards More Than $40 Million to Family of Man Who Died in Privately-Run JailBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a significant redistricting case centering on Louisiana‘s congressional map, which has two majority-Black…
Read more Louisiana Lawmakers to Consider Changing 2026 Election Schedule Ahead of Redistricting Court RulingTrump’s new immigration tactics follow years of the military recruiting from immigrant communities to fill out its ranks and touting the immigration benefits for enlistees’ families. Along with…
Read more What to Know About Deporting Family Members of US TroopsNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin…
Read more A Long-Lost Ancient Roman Artifact Reappears in a New Orleans BackyardBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The immigration detainees sent to a notorious Louisiana prison last month are being punished for crimes for which they have already served time,…
Read more ACLU Says ICE Is Unlawfully Punishing Immigrants at a Notorious Louisiana Detention CenterBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Planned Parenthood on Tuesday shuttered its two clinics in Louisiana over what the organization said were mounting financial and political challenges that made…
Read more Planned Parenthood Closes Louisiana Clinics After 40 Years Due to Financial and Political PressureNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A top New Orleans police official on Tuesday welcomed the possibility of a National Guard deployment in his city but pushed back on suggestions…
Read more New Orleans Police Official Says Crime Is Down After Governor Requests National Guard TroopsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A local prosecutor in South Carolina said Tuesday he will seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two…
Read more South Carolina Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty in Murder Case After Biden Reduced Sentence to Life