Founded 114 years ago, the name change was announced Tuesday at the Boy Scout's national meeting - but it won't officially take effect right away.

Paris Games organizers have promised “fantastic" celebrations as the arrival of a majestic ship carrying the Olympic torch from Greece is expected to draw a huge crowd Wednesday in the southern French ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Emotions were high as lawmakers heard powerful testimony at the State Capitol on Tuesday. A New Orleans man spoke before the Criminal Justice Committee about his wife being ...

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is asking for your help in an unusual missing child case. Police say they are looking for any information about 8-year-old Eriel Lynette Mack-Mariscal.

Despite pleas from Democrats and gut-wrenching testimony from doctors and rape survivors, a GOP-controlled legislative committee rejected a bill Tuesday that would have added cases of rape and incest ...

The Washington Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who escaped from Riverside Medical Center after being arrested. He was arrested for an outstanding warrant for domestic violence, ...

Yet lawmakers refuse to exempt high-traffic areas like the French Quarter, Superdome and Arena, and Convention Center from the new law.

Governor Landry says if the costs of insurance premiums don’t fall, lawmakers will continue working on a way to make it happen.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with that ruling in an opinion written by Judge Albert Diaz and released Monday.

The organization’s founder, Erika Roy says giving a child a bag of their own can bring stability, something she says is rare for children in the system.

The drinks contain between 155 milligrams and 302 milligrams of caffeine, compared to a typical 8-ounce cup of coffee, which has about 95.

A woman is dead following a fatal fire in her home in Marrero on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The 8th Fire Protection District of Jefferson Parish was alerted ...