A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

Severe weather threatens the mid-Mississippi Valley and Southeast this weekend, with possible hail, and isolated tornadoes. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging Louisiana's transportation department to assess the safety of eight of its ...

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order to replace the name “Gulf of Mexico” with “Gulf of America” in state documents and ...

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order to replace the name “Gulf of Mexico” with “Gulf of America” in state documents and maps, following President Donald Trump’s ...

The East Pearl River runs high at the border of Mississippi and Slidell, Louisiana, on May 27, 2019. Elliott's body was found along the river on Thanksgiving Day in 1996. "Her death march ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hours before a Louisiana man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening, his attorneys were hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first ...

The report follows last year's Maryland bridge collapse and identifies an unknown level of risk for these structures if a vessel collision occurs.

He is expected to remain in Louisiana until a New Jersey judge ... against their client will now be heard across the Hudson River, greeted Judge Furman’s decision as a partial victory.

Carey tunnels on the Hudson River side, and the Queensboro Bridge, Queens Midtown Tunnel, Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge on the East Side. Drivers will be charged when ...