Capitol rally planned over death of man in police custody
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana State Police troopers involved in the violent arrest of a Black motorist who died in police custody in 2019 should...
La. governor criticizes police in deadly arrest of Black man
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday denounced the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene as “regrettable," criticizing the state troopers...
Louisiana gator swaps swamp life for Texas beach getaway
PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas — A young alligator traced to the Louisiana bayous traded swamp scum for a sandy Padre Island beach in...
In New Orleans, documenting history of iconic Black street
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans resident Raynard Sanders can detail the many ways Black businesses and culture thrived under the canopy of oak trees...
AP: Top cop in Black man’s deadly arrest withheld cam video
NEW ORLEANS — In perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an attempted cover-up in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, the ranking Louisiana...
Police deny man who died in custody was alone for 48 minutes
NEW ORLEANS — Officials in a Louisiana city who have been sued by the family of a Black man after he died in police...
Alabama city throws ‘Tardy Gras’ parade as pandemic ebbs
MOBILE, Ala. — With both COVID-19 hospitalizations and vaccinations ebbing, Alabama's port city is putting on a Mardi Gras-style parade that will feel at...
Durst’s defense says dismemberment helps prove innocence
LOS ANGELES — The savage and sloppy manner in which Robert Durst dismembered a man he accidentally killed in Texas helps prove the New...
‘I’m scared’: AP obtains video of deadly arrest of Black man
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana state troopers can be seen on a dark roadside stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologizes for...
Heavy rains in Texas, Louisiana add to misery in flood zones
BATON ROUGE, La. — Heavy rain kept pounding parts of Texas before moving over Louisiana on Wednesday, adding to the misery for people whose...
