In 1977, at the tail end of another bruising battle for New York City mayor, Mario Cuomo publicly spoke up against bigoted ...

Louisiana lawmakers in the Senate will consider a proposal Wednesday morning to use $150 million in state funds for SNAP benefits as the federal government shutdown continues.

Gov. Jeff Landry, joined by lawmakers, will talk about SNAP benefits in Louisiana amid the federal government shutdown ...

Travis Tyrone Payton, 24, is charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count each of home invasion and criminal conspiracy.

Lafayette Parish, with the help of medical partners, has found a new way to combat sexual assault and domestic violence in the region, with the Lafayette Parish Coroner’s Office’s new ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a ...

After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free ...

In the tumultuous political climate marked by this year’s assassinations of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah and ...

A cold front has brought chilly air to Acadiana, while Hurricane Melissa has weakened to a Category 3 hurricane as it heads ...

A plot to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” ...

A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, is set to begin ...

An Illinois jury is set to continue deliberations Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of a sheriff’s deputy who shot ...