New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty to corruption charges

New Orleans' first female mayor is accused of using taxpayer dollars to travel and dine with her bodyguard, then lying to investigators to hide their romantic affair.

Mother of boy killed by alligator arrested for abuse, neglect: police

The mother of a 12-year-old boy who went missing from his home in New Orleans and was killed by an alligator has been charged with negligent homicide.

Fatal Ukrainian refugee stabbing fuels debate on crime in US cities

Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on a Charlotte, N.C. light rail train last month, an unprovoked attack that President Trump appears to be using to further exemplify the "need" for federal troops to be deployed in other large cities, like in D.C.

Maps: New Orleans before & after Hurricane Katrina's floods

Over 1,000 people died in Louisiana as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The scope of the flooding – and the days-long struggle of those caught in it – became a defining event for the first part of the century.

Hurricane Katrina: What happened on Aug. 29, 2005

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, causing levee breaches that sparked massive flooding, displacing thousands. The natural disaster exposed flaws in the federal government’s response and the media’s coverage of the tragedy.

Update on explosion at LA manufacturing plant
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We are getting an update after a massive fire at a manufacturing plant in east Louisiana. Over 35 agencies were said to have responded at the time. We have also heard that an emergency closure was issued for portions of the Tangipahoa River following the Roseland explosion. Officials today provided an update on the ongoing investigation into the cause of the fire.

20 Years Later: Pet rescue after Katrina
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LiveNOW from FOX's Andy Mac takes a look at how rescue operations have changed after Hurricane Katrina's impact in 2005, in which thousands of pets had to be left behind in the chaos of the storm during that disaster in New Orleans and around the Gulf Coast areas.

New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell indicted after corruption investigation

The indictment is the culmination of a long-running federal corruption investigation into Cantrell, the first female mayor in the city’s 300-year history.

5 arrested for allegedly aiding escaped inmates in New Orleans

Police made five more arrests in New Orleans prison break case, bringing the total to 12. Authorities continue to search for multiple fugitives, including Lenton Vanburen.

Two arrested for helping New Orleans escapees
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Ten inmates escaped a New Orleans jail last week after using a clogged toilet to shut off the water, allowing them to flee through a hole behind it, according to a lawyer representing a charged maintenance worker. Louisiana State Police have also arrested two others for allegedly assisting some of the escapees from the Orleans Parish jail. LiveNOW?s Andrew Craft is interviewing Fox News multimedia reporter Olivianna Calmes about the incident.

Woman lived in home with dead son for 9 months, police say

The house where the man’s body was found has been condemned due to its “horrific conditions,” officials said.