A kitchen fire forced 135 residents out of a downtown New Orleans high-rise apartment due to significant water damage.

The New Orleans Fire Department says 135 people were safely evacuated from a New Orleans high-rise after a fire sparked early Thursday morning.The fire department says they were called to the 14-story ...

Here’s what we know about Derrick Groves, a man with a violent past whose escape has drawn controversial support ...

We are all of that, but we are tired of hearing it. Black New Orleans withstood the battle. But we are still undergoing the war. Photographed by Edward Buckles Jr. Styled by Megan Coates New ...

New Orleans police officers shot at a man in the St. Claude neighborhood overnight on Wednesday as they were trying to ...

The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had previously been cited by federal authorities.

However, despite the success of the sold-out event, the internet began to blame the escape of 10 inmates from a New Orleans jail and a fire that destroyed the Nottoway Plantation on Annabelle's visit.

Former New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas is criticizing what he described as New Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson's "checkered past" after 10 inmates escaped a parish ...

New Orleans firefighters arrived ... and said the man was apparently the victim of an armed robbery when he was shot. Police released no further information on the condition of the victim ...

A team of over 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents is working around the clock to capture the remaining missing inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a ...

Ten inmates considered "armed and dangerous" escaped a New Orleans jail Friday morning, and it's believed they had inside help, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said. Three inmates have been ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it, a lawyer for a maintenance ...