Tornadoes, Storms Leave Trail of Destruction From New Orleans to Great Plains December 16, 2022 By Kevin McGill and Jake Bleiberg A vast and volatile storm system ripping across the U.S. killed at least three people in Louisiana, spinning up tornadoes...
NTSB: Communications Outage a Factor in Louisiana Lift Boat Disaster October 20, 2022 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An outage involving a Coast Guard marine warning system and “data gaps” in radar systems were...
Revival Sought for Outspoken Louisiana Pastor’s Lawsuit Over COVID Restrictions October 6, 2022 By Kevin McGill An outspoken Christian conservative attorney from Alabama has asked a federal appeals court to revive a Louisiana pastor’s damage claims...
Louisiana Suit Alleging Off-Camera Jail Beatings Revived August 22, 2022 By Kevin McGill A federal appeals court cleared the way last Friday for a lawsuit to proceed against guards and officials at a...
New Orleans Officials Seek to End Federal Oversight of Police August 19, 2022 By Kevin McGill New Orleans officials asked a federal judge Tuesday to end court-supervised oversight of its police department under a pact negotiated...
Louisiana Court: Protest Leader Can be Sued For Cop’s Injury March 28, 2022 By Kevin McGill A Louisiana police officer injured when violence broke out over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge...
Suit Alleges Racial Profiling in 2021 Louisiana Traffic Stop March 28, 2022 By Kevin McGill Two Black men claim in a new federal lawsuit that they were subjected to an illegal, racially motivated and humiliating...
Louisiana Court: Feds Can Require Tracking of Charter Fishing Boats March 2, 2022 By Kevin McGill A federal judge on Feb. 28 rejected a lawsuit filed by Gulf of Mexico charter fishing boat operators opposed to...
Anger at Utility Giant’s Ida Failures Has New Orleans Mulling Options September 28, 2021 By Kevin McGill There was brinksmanship with a whiff of ransom. In the aftermath of a citywide blackout that lasted for days after...
Ida Deaths Rise by 11 in New Orleans, Bringing Toll in Louisiana to 26 September 10, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte and Kevin McGill The death toll in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 on Sept. 8, after health officials reported 11 additional...