Disgraced former NFL star Darren Sharper, who last month pleaded guilty or no contest to rape or attempted rape charges in three states, was set to be arraigned in a New Orleans courtroom on Tuesday on additional charges of drugging and raping two women.
Federal prosecutors in New Orleans announced on Friday the arrest of over 100 suspects and the seizure of guns, drugs, cars and money in the culmination of a six-month undercover operation in New Orleans.
A gunman opened fire inside a New Orleans-area mall still busy with shoppers on Christmas eve, killing a man before he was taken into custody, police said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has upheld a $2.1 million jury award in a copyright infringement case involving the 1993 hit rap song "Whoomp! (There It Is)."
Dwight Henry, a baker-turned-actor who rose to prominence with his debut performance in the Oscar-nominated 2012 movie "Beasts of the Southern Wild," is facing scrutiny from prosecutors who say they are not sure why he avoided charges in connection with a 2006 New Orleans killing.
Hundreds of sex crime complaints to the New Orleans Police Department over a three-year period went virtually uninvestigated, city watchdog and police officials said on Wednesday.
A Louisiana judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the residency of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat in the midst of a close reelection campaign.
A federal district court judge in New Orleans upheld a Louisiana ban on gay marriage on Wednesday, in a break from a string of recent rulings against such bans in other states following a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
BP Plc (BP.L) asked a U.S. court on Tuesday to fire the court-appointed lawyer tasked with paying out compensation to people affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying the lawyer had not disclosed an alleged conflict of interest before taking the job.
A former federal prosecutor said that the conviction of ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin could be a sign of change in the community of New Orleans, said a Christian Science Monitor report.
An autopsy was scheduled on Monday in New Orleans to confirm that the body in a car that was pulled from the Bayou St. Johns on Saturday afternoon was that of Terrilyn Monette, an elementary school teacher missing for nearly 100 days
Akein Scott, a 19-year-old man with reputed gang ties was in custody Thursday with the New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded, news reports said. Scott was arrested Wednesday night in eastern New Orleans' Little Woods section after a three-day manhunt.
Second-grade teacher Terrilynn Monette, who joined the "TeachNOLA" program, which sends educators from around the country to New Orleans to teach in troubled and impoverished areas, has been missing since celebrating with her friends at a bar on March 2.
Gunfire erupted on New Orleans' popular Bourbon Street, injuring four people on Saturday night, as Mardi Gras is only days away. No arrests were immediately reported, but police said they were seeking three men who fled the scene.
