Allen Toussaint, New Orleans R&B great, dies at 77
Piano master wrote hits including 'Working in a Coalmine' and produced Patti LaBelle's famous cover of 'Lady Marmalade'
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Piano master wrote hits including 'Working in a Coalmine' and produced Patti LaBelle's famous cover of 'Lady Marmalade'
As election approaches to pick new governor, legacy of eroding health care system persists
In 2012, court ruled that minors could not be sentenced to mandatory life terms without parole. Jonathan Martin reports.
Millions of gallons leak out of the system every day as the city is working on a fix, but the cost is astronomical
Larger-than-life Louisiana restaurateur gave us blackened redfish and the turducken
Albert Woodfox has already been cleared twice in a 1972 murder, but he will have to defend his innocence once more
Lawyers for Albert Woodfox are pushing for his indictment in a 1972 death to be thrown out
He was granted a reprieve as a judge rules the city was in contempt as a result of a legal dispute with firefighters
Court stays New Orleans mayor's house arrest over city's failure to pay firefighters $75 million in wage dispute
It wasn’t until they were thousands of feet in the air that the evacuees learned they were headed to Salt Lake City