Scalise, the new Majority Whip in the House, gave a speech at a white supremacist event in 2002 but says he does not remember doing it and dismisses any notion he himself adheres to those beliefs.
Immigrants from New Orleans are alleging that Immigration and Customs Enforcement deports an immigrant even if ICE is under investigation for racially profiling the person.
A craving for French fries is not the reason why airplane pilot Michael Ray Martin crashed-landed a small plane into a northern Louisiana McDonald's parking lot near the drive-thru on Tuesday.
On Saturday, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a groundbreaking bill into law, which gives terminally ill patients access to experimental medicine not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Glenn Ford, Louisiana's longest-served death row inmate, walked free this Tuesday after spending close to three decades behind bars for a murder he did not commit.
The Lebeau Plantation, a historical structure known for its owners and occurrences was burned down in flames by who officials say are "7 drunk and high arsonists looking for ghosts" in the plantation, "infamous for being the most haunted house in that area". The men "17-31-years of age, were "high off drugs and alcohol and became frustrated when no ghosts materialized", that's when they decided to set fire to the house. Burned down was the land originally known as the "Domino Sugar Refinery", which was through the years a hotel, an illegal gambling casino, a private residence and most recently owned by the Meraux family; owners of the Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation. But the house had not been actually occupied by anyone since the 1980's.
The Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system suffered glitches in Louisiana, causing a community of food stamp recipients to rush to Walmart in order to take advantage of “limitless” spending on their EBT cards, which usually has finite limits, depending on the recipient’s income.
The weakening storm, Tropical Storm Karen, which threatened floods, wind surges, heavy rainfall and much worse, has severely dissipated since it first appeared on meteorologists’ radar.
A gunman held three employees hostage for hours before killing one; poilce killed suspect A 20-year-old gunman who held three people hostage at a Louisiana bank on Tuesday was killed by police after he shot two of the hostages.
