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The man who killed a former NFL player in a New Orleans area road rage incident in 2016 cannot be tried again for murder after his conviction on a lesser charge was overturned, the state's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Authorities in the New Orleans suburb of Jefferson Parish originally charged Ronald Gasser with second-degree murder in the shooting of Joe McKnight. Gasser pleaded not guilty and claimed self-defense.

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A court ruling is back in effect that blocks President Joe Biden from requiring federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The new order means a block on the mandate imposed in January by a Texas-based federal judge remains in effect, while the full court's 17 judges take up the appeal.

A court ruling is back in effect that blocks President Joe Biden from requiring federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

National runner-up North Carolina will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30.

Arch Manning, known for being the most sought-out quarterback in the past year, has verbally committed to the University of Texas.

The Biden administration is dropping a rule adopted under former President Donald Trump that limited which lands and waters could be designated as critical habitat for imperiled animals and plants.

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse as Hurricane Ida approached last year was arrested on Wednesday.

Sunday on 60 Minutes, Jon Wertheim reports on a new threat faced by local newsrooms.

More than $10 billion in coronavirus relief funds is being diverted from orders of at-home rapid tests and other pandemic-related efforts.

The mental health version of 911 is set to launch nationwide next month with hopes it will be a game changer for suicide prevention and other emergencies, but some mental health professionals worry they will not be ready to handle the anticipated flood of calls.

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

Philadelphians living near the city's South Street restaurant corridor were saddened by not shocked by a mass shooting in the city.

Mike Krzyzewski is savoring the first taste of life after a Hall of Fame basketball coaching career at Duke.

The documentary 'Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story’ captures the vibrant energy of the Big Easy.

Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections.

20 wells in Texas would be included in the plan.

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.

The Minneapolis Police Department will face the intense scrutiny of a federal program after a state investigation spurred by the killing of George Floyd concluded that the city's officers stop and arrest Black people more than white people, use force more often on people of color and maintain a culture in which racist language is tolerated. The court enforced plan, known as a consent decree, has been credited with bringing significant reform in some places but scorned by critics elsewhere as ineffective and a waste of taxpayer money. The 1994 crime bill gave the Department of Justice the ability to investigate police agencies for patterns or practices of unconstitutional policing, and to require agencies to meet specific goals before federal oversight can be removed.

The battle lines are so rigid that combatants can’t see that new Biden administration guidelines actually have benefits for all sectors of public education.

As far as rock memorabilia goes, an authenticated stage-worn pair of Elvis sunglasses ranks near the top. Find out how much a pair of Elvis-owned sunglasses and lapis ring cost when listed for sale at M.S. Rau Antiques in 2022.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says drought during the growing season has made...

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.

Willie Nelson is cancelling an upcoming performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival and postponing other shows after a positive case of the coronavirus in his band.

Experts told Yahoo News that the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, growing distrust in U.S. institutions and the rise in firearm sales are contributing to a spike in violence.

Experts told Yahoo News that the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, growing distrust in U.S. institutions and the rise in firearm sales are contributing to a spike in violence.

A cathartic return of music and culture to New Orleans’ chief music festival ended its first weekend with the Red Hot Chili Peppers honoring the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins by closing out the show for his band.

Shannen Dee Williams grew up Black and Catholic.

After being silenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is back for the first time in three years.

The Biden administration must stop what amounts to the phasing out a pandemic-related public health rule allowing the expulsion of migrants without giving them an opportunity to seek asylum, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled Wednesday. The administration plans to end the policy outright on May 23. U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays, in Lafayette, issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday, saying the administration must stop the stepped-up processing for at least the next two weeks.

"Our prayers are with the families during this difficult time," a Coast Guard commander said in a statement.

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for three missing children near the Crescent City Connection Bridge in New Orleans. “The decision to suspend any search and rescue case is never easy but considering the extensive search efforts of our Coast Guard men and women, in conjunction with other response agencies, I’ve made the difficult decision to suspend our active search for the three children,” Capt. Kelly Denning, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans commander, said in a statement.

Brandon Ingram scored 16 of his 30 points in the third quarter and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Phoenix Suns — playing with injured star Devin Booker — 118-103 in Game 4 on Sunday night to tie the first-round series.

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The Biden administration has begun phasing out use of a pandemic-related public health rule that allows the expulsion of migrants without giving them an opportunity to seek asylum.

The New Orleans Saints have been relatively small players in free agency this offseason. “As an overall philosophy,” first-year head coach Dennis Allen said, “I’d rather augment our team through free agency and really build our team through the draft.” The Saints have made modest signings in free agency since Allen was promoted from defensive coordinator to replace long-time head coach Sean Payton in January.

American Express’ first-quarter profits fell roughly 6% from a year earlier, but the company saw a 30% jump in spending on its namesake cards in the quarter as its cardmembers returned to their habits of shopping, traveling and dining.

A fifth-generation New Orleans native, Sharon Richardson never imagined leaving Louisiana for Texas, but when Mother Nature strikes with a hurricane,

Game 1s brought greatness out of some.

The life insurance policy on the man who assassinated President John F.

Both joy and frustration are in the air in New Orleans at the HBCU Climate Change Conference this week as environmental and climate advocates and researchers from around the United States express an urgent need for climate action and pollution cleanup in poor communities and communities of color.

Klay Thompson’s form is now the least of Golden State’s worries.

Fans travel from around the country to attend Opening Day at Wrigley Field.

In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed a lower court's ruling and ordered a lawsuit challenging the requirement be dismissed.

On Wednesday, Amtrak joined the streaming platform Twitch to livestream empty train tracks in Mississippi. Over 1,300 people watched.

Kansas’ comeback victory over North Carolina to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship was the most-viewed title game on cable television.

More than 43,000 homes and businesses from eastern Texas to Georgia were without power Tuesday afternoon.

Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet fell and broke his hip in Alaska, and his Grammy-winning band had to perform there without him.

David McCormack’s late inside baskets to help Kansas surge past North Carolina in the NCAA championship game followed a Final Four trend.

North Carolina big man Armando Bacot never looked like himself in the national championship game against Kansas because he was battling an ankle injury.

Kansas managed to complete the largest comeback ever in the championship game.

If the nine months that led to Monday night’s national title game proved anything, it’s that college sports are changing.

North Carolina has an effective inside/outside combo in Armando Bacot and Caleb Love.

Caleb Love and North Carolina proved they could play their outside-shooting finesse style better than Duke could play bully ball.

UNC will take on the Kansas Jayhawks on Monday night in New Orleans.

Villanova needed Justin Moore on offense, to add another scoring threat and spread the floor.

NBA stars Manu Ginobili and Tim Hardaway are among the 2022 class of Basketball Hall of Fame inductees.

North Carolina, Duke and Kansas are bona fide basketball bluebloods, the best of the best in the men's college game.

The sport Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is leaving is run by an organization he doesn’t much recognize anymore.

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is down to its final four teams, if you can believe it.

Rock band Foo Fighters is canceling all its upcoming tour dates including a scheduled May 1 performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, following the death of its drummer Taylor Hawkins. The Who, Stevie Nicks, Lionel Richie, Luke Combs, Willie Nelson, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Charlie Wilson and Erykah Badu are among the headliners for this year's festival.

An attorney for the man accused of fatally shooting the alleged killer of his 18-year-old son and 25-year-old daughter has denied that the incident was a “matter of vigilante justice.” Bokio B. Johnson, 46, was arrested Friday in the death of 21-year-old Hollis Carter, who was fatally shot while driving to a pretrial hearing Wednesday, New Orleans police said. New Orleans police have said Carter confessed to killing Breyiana Brown, 25, and her stepbrother Caleb Johnson, 18, and wounding a third person in a gun sale gone bad last March.

The decision comes exactly 100 years to the date it was originally passed in 1922, school officials said.

Meteorologists estimate the twiters had peak winds of 160 mph, making it an EF-3 tornado.

Meteorologists estimate the twiters had peak winds of 160 mph, making it an EF-3 tornado.

New Orleans' school board has unanimously reversed a little known but century-old ban on jazz.

A 59-year-old maintenance worker was fatally bludgeoned with a shovel Thursday morning by a man who burglarized a mosque near Sanford, Seminole County Sheriff D

A 21-year-old man accused of killing a high school student and the teen’s stepsister was gunned down on his way to a pretrial hearing, and his mother was critically wounded, the man's attorney said. John Fuller said he believes Hollis Carter was shot in the head on Wednesday in connection with a killing that he says his late client had not committed, The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reported. “Street justice has resulted in an assurance that there would never be any closure in this case,” Fuller said.

Scott Withers investigates the aftermath of a powerful tornado in the New Orleans area.

Scott Withers investigates the aftermath of a powerful tornado in the New Orleans area.

Connor Lambert, who used to play football for the local high school, was killed when his home lifted off its stilts and flew over his neighbor's house.

The National Weather Service said the EF-3 tornado went 11 miles through three parishes with most of the damage in Arabi, a community east of New Orleans. Many in the area are left homeless. It’s a feeling many who have been forced to Houston know all too well.

The members of this tight-knit community in St. Bernard Parish always knew another storm would blow into New Orleans and upend their lives. But few expected a tornado.

The 21st century tornado problem is far different from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Killer tornadoes hit the Southeast far more than they do in Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas.

Neighbors said the parents of the girl climbed out of the wreckage screaming for help.

At least two tornadoes tore through parts of New Orleans and the surrounding area Tuesday night.

A tornado hit New Orleans and its suburbs, killing at least one person in places pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. (March 23)

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in an area of Louisiana pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.

The large tornado left a trail of destruction in its wake. Search and rescue crews have been deployed to the area.

Many residents also suffered damage just last year when Hurricane Ida — a Category 4 hurricane — swept through the region.

Many residents also suffered damage just last year when Hurricane Ida — a Category 4 hurricane — swept through the region.

It took at least one life. The storm system then moved toward other parts of the Deep South. It had killed someone in Texas the day before.

It took at least one person life. The storm system then moved toward other parts of the Deep South. It had killed someone in Texas the day before.

The storm reportedly leaves about 13,000 homes and businesses without power in the three parishes around New Orleans.

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.

Residents of a south Louisiana community say a powerful tornado splintered their homes in mere seconds as it carved a swath of destruction through their neighborhood.

Four teenagers face murder charges in connection with a carjacking that left a 73-year-old woman dying on a New Orleans street, her arm severed after she was dragged a block by her own car while neighbors looked on helplessly, officials said Tuesday. Police chief Shaun Ferguson said tips led to the arrests of the teens — a 17-year-old boy, a 16-year-old girl and two 15-year-old girls — in the hours after the Monday afternoon carjacking. “That's a conversation that my team will have with the district attorney's office," Ferguson said at a Tuesday morning news conference.

A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75.3 million court judgement against the city, its housing authority and a local school board.

Former president Donald Trump raised a substantial sum for his political group by promising to pick a random donor to join him for dinner in New Orleans last weekend, but never followed through to actually select a winner.

A plane carrying former President Donald Trump was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans last weekend after suffering engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico.

A plane carrying former President Donald Trump was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans last weekend after suffering engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico. The details of the emergency landing, first reported by Politico, were confirmed Wednesday by a person familiar with the incident who was not authorized to speak publicly about it and spoke on the condition of anonymity. The engine failure occurred shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday as the former president was traveling on a donor's private plane from a Republican National Committee donor retreat in New Orleans back to his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago.

Adolph L. Reed Jr. takes a personal tour through segregation's last days and its legacy.

Janet Jackson, Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj are among the headliners announced for this summer’s Essence Festival of Culture.

Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj and comedian Kevin Hart will headline Essence Fest 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The NFL has suspended all aspects of its COVID-19 protocols, citing recent trends showing that the spread of the coronavirus is declining.

A family is remembering a Houston teenager who died following a triple shooting in New Orleans over the weekend.

Party-minded people dressed in traditional purple, green and gold filled New Orleans' streets for the city's first full-dress Mardi Gras since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Alabama’s port city is holding a main event of its Carnival season, a quirky bash honoring the man credited with helping make the nation’s first Mardi Gras celebration what it is.