Top immigration judge says courts should be open to public

New Orleans privacy advocates push for suspension of the NOPD drone program

One councilmember, Lesli Harris, said at the committee meeting that “we have to take a hard look at suspending” the drone program amid calls for more transparency.

New Orleans' Creole culture took center stage for 8 days from 1950s to 1970s

Candlelight tours offered a glimpse into the architecture, gardens and traditions that helped define old New Orleans Creole life.

He spent 27 years on death row as a wrongfully convicted man. What comes next?

Solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent on death row in Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free.

Protesters pack Alexandria airpark meeting to oppose new ICE detention center

People against a proposed immigration detention facility near the Alexandria airport came from all over the state to voice their concerns.

Councilmember’s texts prove he had ‘discriminatory intent’ in rejecting affordable complex near English Turn, developer claims in lawsuit

In a 2023 text message, Councilmember Freddie King said he blocked a 278-unit apartment complex near his English Turn home because he didn’t “want dread heads and bonnet wear fools next to me.” But in a deposition, King said he was only satirizing protesters who were accusing the council of discrimination.