May 3, 2021 Louisiana murder suspect dies in police shootout after killing two people and kidnapping baby A Louisiana man suspected of killing two people Monday afternoon died in a shootout with police after he fled the murder scene with a baby in his lap and headed for Mississippi.
April 30, 2021 Louisiana identifies first Brazilian coronavirus variant cases in 2 residents Health officials in Louisiana this week identified the state’s first cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil.
April 29, 2021 National weather forecast: Thunderstorms, heavy rainfall to produce flooding across Mid-Atlantic, Southwest A slow-moving frontal boundary extending from the Northeast through the Ohio Valley is reaching southwest into the Mississippi Valley and Texas.
April 28, 2021 Oklahoma named new lightning capital of America Florida may be giving up its title as America's lightning capital to another southern state.
April 27, 2021 Carville says 'woke got the crap beat out of it' in special congressional election Veteran Democratic consultant James Carville, who first grabbed national attention as the top strategist on then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign, is taking aim at "wokeness" in his own party.
April 24, 2021 Democrat Troy Carter wins Louisiana special election for US House seat Louisiana state Sen. Troy Carter will represent the state's 2nd Congressional District on Capitol Hill following a victory over state Senate colleague Karen Carter Peterson in a special runoff election Saturday.
April 24, 2021 Louisiana Democrats' victory in Saturday's congressional election a done deal State Sens. Karen Carter Peterson and Troy Carter in the runoff contest in the heavily blue district that stretches from New Orleans to Baton Rouge are both Democrats.
April 24, 2021 New Orleans shooting on Bourbon Street leaves at least 5 wounded: report At least five people were wounded by gunfire early Saturday along New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street, according to a report.
April 21, 2021 John Kennedy slams AOC for claiming Chauvin verdict 'isn't justice': 'Wokeristas have contempt for America' Senate Judiciary Committee Member John N. Kennedy, R-La., said Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Biden are creating a dangerous environment for police, and that the Bronx lawmaker in particular is showing her "contempt" for both law enforcement and America as a nation.
April 21, 2021 Ohio congressman says FBI called 2017 baseball shooting targeting GOP 'suicide by cop,' demands new probe One of the Republican congressmen who survived an attempted mass shooting at a baseball field in 2017 is demanding the FBI reassess the attack after he revealed during a hearing last week that the bureau had designated the incident a “suicide by cop.”