Life jackets, debris found in search for missing workers
CHAUVIN, La. — Volunteers searching for seven men still missing after the oil industry boat they worked on capsized off Louisiana’s coast said they...
Suit: LSU insulated athletes, coaches from victims’ claims
NEW ORLEANS — Seven women have filed a federal class action lawsuit against Louisiana State University, its governing board and several former and current...
2 life terms plus 50 years for ex-deputy who raped girls
LAKE CHARLES, La. — A former Louisiana sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and sexually assaulting three girls, all...
Average US price of gas jumps 2 cents per gallon to $2.96
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.96 per gallon.
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Louisiana will fill congressional seat with Saturday runoff
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana voters will decide Saturday which Democratic state senator from New Orleans gets promoted to Congress, ending an acrimonious clash...
Drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses
JACKSON, Miss. — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned...
Vocabulary, lightning round added to National Spelling Bee
WASHINGTON — The Scripps National Spelling Bee is undergoing a major overhaul to ensure it can identify a single champion, adding vocabulary questions and...
$25M suit blames energy, boat companies in fatal capsizing
NEW ORLEANS — The offshore oil industry boat that overturned in a deadly Gulf of Mexico disaster last week was ordered to sea in...
Police video shows officer using stun gun on handcuffed man
PORT ALLEN, La. — Police video shows a Louisiana officer using a stun gun on a handcuffed 67-year-old man sitting in a patrol car's...
Bus driver out of job after racist remark to student
NEW ORLEANS — A white Louisiana school bus driver who made a racist remark to a Black student about the murder of George Floyd...
