Louisiana

Salt water from the Gulf of Mexico is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in some Louisiana communities. With little precipitation in the forecast, officials are now hastily preparing for if and when the salt water will reach the state’s most populous city — New Orleans.

An embattled Louisiana police department has been hit with a second lawsuit alleging officers from a street crime unit dragged detainees to an unmarked warehouse dubbed the “Brave Cave,” where they were assaulted, stripped and subjected to body cavity searches.

A Louisiana sheriff says a man wanted on a child rape charge in North Carolina faked his own death last month in a kayaking accident on the Mississippi River.

A Louisiana grand jury has charged a now-91-year-old disgraced priest with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1975.

The game was suspended as stunned spectators headed for the parking lot, which was filled with emergency vehicles.

The second ranking House Republican says he has been diagnosed with blood cancer. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma.

A McDonald’s franchise that controls 12 restaurants in metro New Orleans violated child labor laws and has hired more than 80 minors in two states, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday.

Louisiana, where the ban is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 2024, will join 20 other states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care.

A man was fishing when he spotted what may be a rare male albino dolphin.

Stephen Sauer, 61, targeted people in the city’s French Quarter who appeared drunk, lost or in need of help, according to Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul D. Connick Jr.

A 5-foot-long alligator crawled through the family’s doggy door and was found lurking in the hallways in the middle of the night.

Louisiana had argued in a recent federal court filing that the administration had improperly “weaponized” a part of civil rights law in pursuing the investigations.

The Supreme Court has lifted its hold on a Louisiana case that could force the state to redraw congressional districts to boost Black voting power.

A 28-year-old woman who enrolled at a Louisiana high school and posed as a 17-year-old student has been arrested along with her mother.

Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk.

The measure follows a trend of laws in states such as Utah and Arkansas that seek to limit adolescents’ unrestricted access to social media.

The fire at Calcasieu Refining Co. in Lake Charles triggered evacuations and a shelter-in-place order.

Cameron Robbins, 18, was a recent high school graduate in Louisiana who went overboard during a sunset cruise on Wednesday night.

Police said a female employee’s body was found inside a walk-in freezer at an Arby’s restaurant in New Iberia, Louisiana Thursday.

A Louisiana man is facing charges after shooting at children who had been playing hide and seek outside his home, striking a 14-year-old girl.