Did Evelyn Duval, the wife of a Louisiana plantation owner, elope with a runaway slave in 1847? No, that's not true: This story is full of precise details, which lend an air of authenticity - but the ...

Authorities subsequently discovered Erin's remains in a dirt pit in Mississippi after launching a manhunt for the girls. Her ...

The Alliance to Fight Human Trafficking in Southwest Louisiana held its annual breakfast last week at L’Auberge Casino and ...

A few also raised the specter of the Smitty's Supply Inc. explosion and fire in late August near Roseland. Smitty's storage ...

The harm of plastics on human health is well known, but what about their impact on the people living near the plants that ...

That story is told in a new book of the same name, the work of a pair of preeminent scholars of colonial Louisiana, Nathalie ...

In October 1857, a fifteen-year-old girl with fair skin, flaxen hair and blue eyes initiated one of the most remarkable ...

The Supreme Court's conservative majority could use the Louisiana redistricting case to further weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act.

Daniel Callihan accepted a plea deal from federal prosecutors after confessing to kidnapping, murder and sexual battery. His alleged accomplice has now also been offered a plea deal.

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, archbishop of Washington, will celebrate a Nov. 15 Mass at 4:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic ...

AI systems are not neutral. From wrongful arrests to unfair lending, the technology has a history of reinforcing racial ...