The voice of the Mississippi still sings in New Orleans, a place where umbrellas dance, booze mingles with beignets, the irreverent holds hands with the sacred, and the dead sleep among the living.

Photos released Friday by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office offer a look at how officials believe 10 inmates escaped from a jail in New Orleans ... breaking them off their tracks, when they ...

Nine inmates - some of them charged with murder - escaped a jail in New Orleans and remain on the loose ... a “defective” sliding cell door off its tracks, according to Sheriff Hutson.

check the city's drainage system map here. The New Orleans area could see significant flooding this week as a multiday severe weather event is expected. A flood watch is now in effect for all of ...

A New Orleans commission has ordered the city council ... However, the crux of their sign-off relies on the City Council’s determination of harm that Johnson may have caused — which the ...

April 10 WVUE FOX 8 New Orleans/Youtube A 6-year-old boy was fatally struck by a school bus in New Orleans on Thursday, April 10, according to a New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) news release.

As of Friday morning, New Orleans looks like it will experience ... There could be some patchy fog in the morning that will burn off quickly, Grigsby said. Wind likely won't be disruptive on ...

The New Orleans Health Department has launched a new map showing which pharmacies in the city stock the drug misoprostol. The medication is used for miscarriages and other routine health care ...

Reporting from New Orleans A moment of silence about 20 seconds long kicked off the Sugar Bowl today in New Orleans. The stadium was so silent honoring those who were injured or lost in yesterday ...

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The man suspected of plowing a truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's, killing 14 people and injuring 35 others, pledged his support to ISIS, the FBI said Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS — The New Year's Day truck attack ... Jabbar had a remote detonator in his truck that was supposed to set off the explosive devices the suspect placed in two ice coolers on Bourbon ...