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University of Houston Football makes its 30th bowl appearance all-time when the Cougars face off against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl at 2 p.m., CT on Friday, Dec. 23, from Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Officials say a woman injured six sheriff's deputies while refusing to exit a plane at an airport in Louisiana early Thanksgiving Day, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported Saturday. Authorities said the 25-year-old woman bit, kicked and spit on Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, according to local news reports. Deputies were responding to Spirit airline workers' requests to remove the woman, who had reportedly grown irate and asked nearby passengers who she assumed to be Latino whether they were smuggling cocaine.

The men are on the same combat team at the Fort Polk military base in eastern Louisiana.

French President Emmanuel Macron has paid a visit to Louisiana, the U.S. state most closely aligned with his country historically and culturally.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in Louisiana, the American state most closely aligned historically with his country, to celebrate their longstanding cultural ties and discuss energy policy and climate change. Macron met with political leaders and strolled through New Orleans' historic French Quarter, the heart of the city, stopping to talk and shake hands with bystanders. Macron also said he met with billionaire Elon Musk for what he called a “clear and honest discussion” about Twitter, days after a top European Union official warned the social media platform's new owner that the company must do more to protect users from harmful content.

An oil spill in Lake Charles, Louisiana happened at a facility managed by a Houston-based company. Those on the scene say the spill was small and could have been a lot worse.

On Thursday's show: We learn about a Louisiana oil spill involving a Houston-based company, and we talk with one of The Blind Boys of Alabama.

A former Louisiana police chief and a former city council member were each sentenced to one year in prison over a plan to buy votes.

Overnight, high winds resulting in multiple tornadoes swept across Alabama, Mississippi and parts of Louisiana. At least two casualties have been confirmed so far.

The Coast Guard said Wednesday morning that it is monitoring the response to an oil spill in the vicinity of Calcasieu Point Landing near Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Severe storms ripped through the South on Tuesday. Several tornadoes were reported on the ground in Mississippi and more than 25 million people were at risk for dangerous tornadoes.

A wide swath of Mississippi, as well as smaller sections of Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee, are being impacted by strong thunderstorms with the potential for large hail and tornadoes.

This is the moment two young sisters — ages 4 and 7 — and their pet golden retriever were reunited with their family after they were reported missing Monday night in Louisiana. Police said they do not have any further details to release at this time regarding their disappearance.

Forecasters are warning of severe weather across several southern states.

Residents in several towns across Louisiana and Mississippi have taken cover amid the blare of tornado sirens amid a severe weather outbreak erupting in the Deep South.

None of the passengers or crew on the train have reported injuries.

A US Coast Guard helicopter rescued a man who was reported to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship into the Gulf of Mexico about 20 miles (32 kilometers) off Southwest Pass, Louisiana on Thanksgiving Day. (Nov. 26)

Three Louisiana bank employees took themselves to a hospital after handling flyers left in a night dropbox, authorities said

A judge in Virginia has refused to quash a subpoena issued to Psaki seeking her deposition in a lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana.

A judge refused Friday to quash a subpoena issued to former White House press secretary Jen Psaki that seeks her deposition in a lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana, alleging that the Biden administration conspired to silence conservative voices on social media. Psaki filed a motion in federal court in Alexandria seeking to quash the subpoena, saying that she had no relevant information to provide and that a deposition would place an undue burden on her.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Congress gave too much power to a nonprofit authority it created in 2020 to develop and enforce horseracing rules.

A former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty in federal court to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim after befriending her in May 2020.

Voters in four states — Vermont, Oregon, Alabama and Tennessee — approved antislavery ballot measures in the 2022 elections. The Louisiana amendment may have failed, in part, because of confusion.

Here's everything you need to know about Louisiana-Florida State, from the point spread, moneyline and total Over/Under.

The financial losses resulting from recent climate disasters are greater than the amount of federal funds provided for recovery efforts, the report said.

Tracking two weather systems that move through SE Texas today

A week after securing his reelection to the U.S. Senate, Republican Sen. John Kennedy said Monday that he is “giving serious consideration” to entering the 2023 Louisiana governor's race. In a statement, Kennedy said he will be announcing “soon” whether he will run for governor or not. Current Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, is unable to seek a third consecutive term due to term limits — opening a huge opportunity for Republicans to take control of the state’s highest ranking position.

The United Methodist Church, a mainstay of the American religious landscape, has cut ties with 58 churches in its Louisiana conference amid a nationwide schism within the Protestant denomination. The disaffiliations, approved in a virtual conference session Saturday, were the latest in a series of decisions that many Louisiana churches have made in recent weeks to leave the national congregation. Six churches leaving the conference are from the New Orleans area.

People who work in hurricane-affected areas often talk about the stress the long rebuilding process can take on people and the anxiety stirred up during hurricane season.

A man had his murder conviction vacated because he killed himself in jail while his appeal was pending. The Louisiana Supreme Court said he should not have been exonerated.

The mayor of a small Louisiana town who was running for re-election was killed in a car crash on Election Day, authorities said.

Charlie Woods may just be 13 years old, but this week his driver was looking exactly like his father's: 15-time major winner Tiger Woods.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four areas in Louisiana and two in Texas should be protected as critical habitat for a rare snake that eats pocket gophers and takes over the rodents' burrows, the federal governmen[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Family, friends and fans are preparing to bid farewell to rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis at memorial services held in his north Louisiana home town (November 5)

As the negative consequences of rising global temperatures become more apparent in communities across the United States, anxiety over finding a place to live safe from the ravages of climate change has also been on the rise.

Authorities in southeast Louisiana's St. James Parish say all but two families have been allowed to return to their homes a day after a train car derailment and hydrochloric acid leak forced the evacuation of 200 residences.

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded grants for projects to monitor air quality in 37 states, with a focus on minority communities and other areas overburdened by pollution.

Many lawmakers and candidates in the upcoming midterm elections are pushing to decriminalize weed, even in states where it's not on the ballot.

A state archeology department thought it would be exciting and educational to open a shipwreck to the public. Then people began stealing from it.

Judge Sarah Beth Landau, who is not up for reelection this fall, said she was told Monday that Harris County's elections office had no record of her mail-ballot application.

With a defendant so obviously mentally disturbed, who cares what his ideological views are, other than that he planned to kill Nancy Pelosi?

Sarah Guillory’s new middle-grade novel was inspired by flooding in the author’s home state of Louisiana.

A mother accused of abusing her 16-year-old twins that escaped a Cypress home nearly two weeks ago was extradited back to Harris County from Louisiana over the weekend, authorities said.

In Oregon and Louisiana, hundreds remain behind bars two years after U.S. Supreme Court outlawed split-jury verdicts

“The sandwich maker, who allegedly already had a bad attitude, picked the sandwich up off the ground and hurled it (like a Nolan Ryan fastball), right into the customer’s face (with a few choice words),” police said.

Former President Donald Trump purchased his Boeing 757 personal plane in 2011 for $100 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

LSU re-entered The Associated Press College Football poll at No. 18 and No. 25 South Carolina earned a ranking for the first time in four seasons.

A Louisiana shooting at a fraternity party just off the Southern University campus left 11 people injured Friday morning. Two suspects have been arrested.

Court records show a woman accused of starving and abusing her twin teenagers had been arrested a decade earlier on a child abuse charge.

After Schanda Handley's abduction, she found video recordings made by her estranged husband, Michael Handley, that authorities said show him planning the whole thing.

A Missouri police chief was charged after his girlfriend's brother allegedly overdosed in the officer's apartment. His girlfriend was also charged with second-degree drug trafficking.

Barges are cutting their cargo, engineers are emergency dredging, and sea water is pushing its way up a historically low Mississippi River.

A teen brother and sister whose escape from a Texas home was seen on chilling doorbell camera footage were allegedly handcuffed, zip-tied naked and forced to drink their own urine.

A teen brother and sister whose escape from a Texas home was seen on chilling doorbell camera footage were allegedly handcuffed, zip-tied naked and forced to drink their own urine.

Three members of the legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, and three other people, were killed in a plane crash on this day in history, Oct. 20, 1977.

'Data gaps' in radar systems and an outage involving a Coast Guard marine warning system both played factors in the deadly capsize of an oil vessel near Louisiana last year.

Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.

A shipwreck has emerged along the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as water levels plummet — threatening to reach record lows in some areas.

A shipwreck has emerged along the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as water levels plummet — threatening to reach record lows in some areas. The ship, which archaeologists believe to be a ferry that sunk in the late 1800s to early 1900s, was spotted by a Baton Rouge resident walking along the shore earlier this month. During the summer, receding waters in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area revealed several skeletal remains, countless desiccated fish, a graveyard of forgotten boats and even a sunken World War II-era craft that once surveyed the lake.

A reputed drug dealer accused of raping a woman police informant sent into his house alone in an unmonitored sting has skipped bail and was a no-show Monday at what was supposed to the start of his trial. Antonio D. Jones’ alleged attack in which he was caught on video forcing the woman to perform oral sex on him twice was reported in an Associated Press investigation last month that exposed the perils such informants can face seeking to “work off” criminal charges in often loosely regulated, secretive arrangements. Prosecutors told AP the amount of Jones’ bail had been “pre-set” and was not unreasonably low despite the violent nature of the charges and his extensive criminal history.

Major League Pickleball has attracted new investments from Tom Brady and Kim Clijsters as the sport soars in popularity.

Texas State junior forward Olivia Wright scored in the final seconds of Sunday’s match against Louisiana, pushing the Bobcats past the Ragin’ Cajuns 2-1 at Home Bank Soccer/Track Complex.Sophomore mid[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Video: "Rescued just in the nick of time," stated the U.S. Coast Guard, adding that the "fishermen were fending off sharks when the rescue occurred."

A Coast Guard boat crew saw two of the people fending off sharks, and both of them had injured hands.

Texas State took care of business in Lafayette, La., Friday evening.The Bobcats swept the Ragin’ Cajuns 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-15) in a dominant performance.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

A man suspected in the 2019 murder of a Houston woman whose body was found, with limbs amputated, in Louisiana has been arrested and charged, according to court records.

The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck in the mud and sand.

An outspoken Christian conservative attorney from Alabama wants a federal appeals court to revive a Louisiana pastor's damage claims against state officials over long-expired COVID-19 restrictions.

The Louisiana Bond Commission has approved a $39 million future line of credit for a critical New Orleans area power plant project that had become an unlikely pawn in the ongoing political tug-of-war over enforcing Louisiana’s near-total abortion ban.

A record eight whooping crane chicks have taken wing in Louisiana after hatching in the wild.

Several streets in downtown Houston were temporarily shut down Wednesday as police investigated a suspicious package found at a building.

A pregnant Louisiana woman who was denied an abortion even though her fetus has a rare and fatal condition is asking Gov. John Bel Edwards to call a special session of the legislature to clarify the state’s abortion law.

The world's smallest and most endangered sea turtle has hatched in Louisiana's wilds for the first known time in 75 years.

There's no dispute that Louisiana needs to replace its voting machines.

A spin of moisture off the Louisiana coast has now caught the attention of the National Hurricane Center and this morning they forecasted a 10% chance of development in the next 48 hours (and the next five days, but it will be onshore by then). Expected to move southwest across the Gulf, the system is most likely to impact the Brownsville to Corpus area although a few showers tomorrow and Sunday could get thrown our way!

Access to abortion in Louisiana has been back-and-forth for weeks — with the state’s three clinics relying on rulings and temporary restraining orders to continue operations.

Federal meteorologists say this hurricane season may not be quite as busy as they initially thought, but it should still be more active than normal.

A Louisiana sheriff says rapper Mystikal is again accused of rape.

Two proposed wind farms off the Texas and Louisiana coasts would join offshore oil drilling rigs in the gulf as the Biden administration tries to boost the country’s clean energy supply.

In a historic win, the East End Little League Girl’s Senior Softball team won the state tournament on Sunday. It’s the first state championship in the league’s 69-year history.

Court battles over abortion continue to play out in multiple states in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling reversing abortion rights.

Baylor and Oklahoma State have returned to the site of their Big 12 championship game thriller as they turn their focus to a new season.

Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing the state’s near total ban on abortion.

Federal authorities say 1 million gallons of oil have been collected since April 2019 at the nation's longest oil spill iste, in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

Louisiana authorities can now enforce the state’s ban on almost all abortions under a new court order.

Arizona’s Republican attorney general says a total abortion ban that has been on the books since before statehood can be enforced, putting him at odds with that state's Republican governor.

The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country, as abortion foes looked to quickly enact statewide bans and the other side sought to buy more time.

Judges have temporarily blocked abortion bans in Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in South Carolina said a law sharply restricting the procedure would take effect there immediately.

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse for Hurricane Ida has been arrested.

Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to use a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, in an effort to address racial inequities in maternal care.

Louisiana's Democratic governor says he'll call the state's Republican-dominated Legislature into special session to draw up new congressional districts.

Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize.

A Houston police officer was taken to the hospital Wednesday after being involved in a traffic accident while transporting a prisoner to jail.

The Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to use a higher estimate than Republican-led states want for calculating damages to people and the environment from greenhouse gas emissions.

Matthew McConaughey is calling for an end to gun violence.

A Louisiana-based pizzeria famous for their large, out-of-this-world slices is bringing several locations to the Houston area, with the first one in Fort Bend County.

Judge rules COVID-19 asylum restrictions must continue on southern US border; blocks US government plan to end them.

Three high school graduation ceremonies ended with shots fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee within the span of 24 hours, another sobering example of gun violence impacting everyday lives, including that of teenage students.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says drought during the growing season has made farmers in most of Texas, all of Louisiana and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi eligible to apply for federal aid.