'Last year a dog won' | Kid-led 'straightest stick' contest brings smiles to Minnesota village
Siblings Setona and Soren Mahoney hosted their second annual straightest stick competition in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota.
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Brewers-Rays will produce a first-time champion, and maybe the first all-indoor World Series
The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays will face off in the first World Series between title-less teams since the Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals in 1980.
With fanfare, Louisiana leaders depart for Paris Saints game
As of Sunday, the NFL said the game was still going ahead as planned despite unrest in the city.
6 Orleans Parish judicial seats are up for election. Meet the candidates
Twelve Orleans Parish judicial candidates are facing off in separate races. Here's what to know.
Did anyone win Powerball's $607M jackpot? Here are the winning numbers for Oct. 19
A $607 million jackpot was up for grabs in Monday's Powerball drawing. Here are the winning numbers.
Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples
Five of the world's space agencies have joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Mars' moon Phobos.
New Orleans is getting its own Monopoly game. Here's how you can help choose what makes the board
From local restaurants to iconic landmarks, residents have a chance to help shape the New Orleans edition of Monopoly, coming in 2027.
Man who took Peachy the flamingo from Las Vegas hotel exhibit found guilty of animal cruelty
A jury convicted a Canadian tourist of animal cruelty charges for snatching a flamingo named Peachy at a Las Vegas hotel.
Trump order sets up women’s health research initiative, White House task force
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday establishing a Women’s Health Division within the National Institutes of Health. The new division is set to work with the agency’s existing Office of Research on Women’s Health, which was established in 1990 and “has served as the focal point for…
Louisiana early voting takes place from Tuesday to Oct. 27
Louisiana’s early voting period opens Tuesday and closes a week later on Oct. 27 for the Nov. 3 election. Early voting locations will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Sunday.
ICE contractor will pay $3 million to lease Alexandria airpark space
The agreement is just one piece of the puzzle in understanding how the detention facility for the so-called repatriation program, a program that authorities say helps immigrants voluntarily departing, will operate.
Bear killings skyrocket as garbage, bird feeders draw them into conflict
Across much of the United States, a warm winter and persistent drought have decimated the natural foods that black and brown bears rely on.
Ukrainians and Sudanese with temporary legal status will keep protections for now
While immigrants with TPS from El Salvador, Sudan and Ukraine will have deportation protections, it places more than 300,000 people in limbo because it’s not clear how long the protections will last.
Louisiana laws to protect domestic abuse survivors only go so far
A restraining order and firearms restrictions are legal boundaries available to survivors of domestic abuse, but they are not sufficient when an abuser is determined to punish, control, stalk or kill their victim.
No justice for New Orleans teens killed in occupied West Bank
Deep ties connect New Orleans to a cluster of West Bank villages where several Palestinian-Americans have been killed. To date, Israeli prosecutors have not even released the shooters’ names.
Louisiana’s sexual violence reporting system for colleges has gaps. Lawmakers want answers.
Six years after a national sexual assault scandal roiled the state’s flagship university, Louisiana lawmakers question if the reporting system implemented in its wake provides enough information. In 2020, LSU became engulfed in controversy following a USA Today investigative report that revealed how the university…
Here’s how the No Kings day of action urged early voting
With the general election just 16 days away and early voting underway in dozens of states, people across the nation took to the streets Saturday to urge their friends and neighbors to get out and vote. The No Kings: Vote Early Day of Action held more than 2,500 events in all 50 states and the
Behind The Lens: Thrust and Power — SpaceX’s $100 Billion spaceport proposal (audio)
A proposed $100 billion SpaceX spaceport in Louisiana’s Vermilion Parish is raising questions about the potential impact of large-scale space operations on nearby communities and the environment.
Moving past ‘We’re broke’: why New Orleans can’t cut its way to growth
On budget holes, dead malls, and the habit of rebuilding what we let fall apart.
Medicaid provider might end its coverage for Ochsner network, affecting 70,000
About 70,000 Louisiana Medicaid patients could lose in-network access to Ochsner Health providers after Dec. 1 as contract negotiations between Ochsner and Louisiana Healthcare Connections remain unresolved.
The yellow and turquoise school filling a critical gap for kids with autism in New Orleans
Crescent City Schools' Constellations program fills crucial service gaps in New Orleans’ decentralized school system by offering specialized education for students with cognitive disabilities.
Exposure to gun violence can accelerate biological age, study finds
A growing body of work illustrating the effect of gun violence on overall physical health. That matters in Orleans Parish, which has historically ranked among the worst in the nation for per-capita gun violence.
Behind The Lens: “As Meta rolls into Louisiana with a massive data center … (This is Part 2 of 2 audio discussions)
... the owner of the paper of record in the state, John Georges, rolls out the red carpet for Meta and explains how he thinks these deals will save journalism in the state.
‘Lettuce build a better food system’: how New Orleans advocates are fighting food deserts after cyclospora
As a national parasite outbreak leaves New Orleans residents looking for regionally grown produce, corner stores and growers step in to fill healthy food gaps.