Q&A: Kirk McDonald, CEO of Essence’s parent company, talks future of Essence Festival in New Orleans

New video shows chaotic moments before Mississippi police shot toddler

The body-camera and surveillance footage provides the first glimpse of a confrontation in a Walmart parking lot that left 1-year-old Kohen Wiley dead

The New Orleans African American Museum celebrates 30 years and new renovations

The museum broke ground on a restoration project to preserve its historic buildings.

Thomas United Methodist Church helped Kenner's Black population coalesce

The church became a gathering place where Black families could build community, organize and establish a shared identity.

Candidate for state Public Service Commission has received more than $100K from state-regulated utilities

State Rep. Stephanie Hilferty has raised more than $137,000 from energy and water utilities, and their executives, in a race to join a commission that could shape electricity bills for decades.

Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds

In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined.