Expensive calls force families to choose between paying bills and staying connected to loved ones.
Plant held millions of gallons of motor oils, fluids and other petrochemicals.
Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises.
A new report critical of the rapid data-center ramp-up across the South describes it as ‘Big Tech, following in the footsteps of Big Oil.'
The little brown lizards in New Orleans are thriving with blood levels of lead that Tulane scientists say should be lethal, even in far bigger creatures.
Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency
A buzzed-about spelling bee returns to the United States’ biggest maximum security prison.
Order continues for the second consecutive summer. Once the heat index hits 88 degrees, the DOC must provide some relief to the men working for pennies an hour in the prison’s fields.
Though Louisiana legislators passed a statewide ban against physical punishment in 2023, parents can still give permission for their children to be physically disciplined in school.
A mix of chemicals released by the explosion are being carried by the Tangipahoa River and could enter the local food chain, experts fear.