NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend ...

Autism affects an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children. Their water safety has gotten occasional public attention after tragedies such as the death of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teen who was found in a ...

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from a jailbreak, they're also confronting a history of mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

On days of heavy pollution in Sulphur, a southwest Louisiana town surrounded by more than 16 industrial plants, Cynthia “Cindy” Robertson once flew a red flag outside her home so her community knew ...

President Donald Trump's administration escalated its standoff with Harvard University on Thursday, revoking the school's ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who entered politics after retiring as a college football coach, plans to run for ...

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement ...

A lawyer for a worker charged with helping 10 men escape a New Orleans jail says the worker did not know about the jailbreak ...

Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 jail ...

An employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office has been arrested in Friday's dramatic escape of 10 inmates from the ...

In an arrest affidavit, Williams said one of the inmates who escaped had threatened to “shank” him if he did not turn off the ...