A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ruled against a federal law requiring young adults to be 21 to buy handguns, finding it violated the Second Amendment. The ruling, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Sen. Bill Cassidy has emerged as a central figure in the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group of victims of the New Orleans New Year’s Day terror attack have filed suit against city officials ...

Ice chests and backpack coolers will not be allowed inside the zone. People are also discouraged from bringing standard backpacks, large purses, suitcases, fanny packs, large shopping bags and camera ...

Heightened security restrictions will be in effect for the busiest section of the French Quarter starting next week.

A 14-square-block area of the French Quarter has been designatied an “enhanced security zone,” where ice chests will be ...

Check points, bag screenings and heavy equipment are all parts of Super Bowl security plan in the wake of the Bourbon Street ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist as she attempted to speak during a public meeting did not violate her right to freedom of ...

The new security enhancements include the establishment of a French Quarter Enhanced Security Zone (FQESZ), where heightened ...

Thousands of visitors are expected to fly into the New Orleans airport for the Mardi Gras season and the Feb. 9 Super Bowl at ...

Martin Bech's death was first announced by Kim Broussard, the athletic director at St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he attended ... who graduated from the Episcopal ...