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A brazen gun battle in Algiers eight years ago played out in late-afternoon traffic and left dozens of people “trapped in the middle of gunfire on General de Gaulle Drive,” a prosecutor said Monday. “In the moment, people were just thinking about getting out alive,” Assistant Attorney General...

Gallier Hall will come to life again with a spectacular, tailor-made animated projection when New Orleans’ Luna Fête returns this weekend, Nov. 13-15, with glowing exhibits, food and beverage booths, craft tents, music and more spread across the Central Business District. The festival of light, art and technology...

A man is in police custody after a bomb scare at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

Tulsa earned its most lopsided victory since 2012. Tulane suffered its most lopsided defeat since 2015. Saturday in New Orleans produced one of the most eye-opening results of the season. Tulane had won 10 of its last 11 home games. Tulsa had lost 14 of its last 16 conference matchups....

Seven people were displaced following a two-alarm fire in New Orleans Monday, Nov. 9.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An apartment fire in New Orleans East left seven people displaced on Monday (Nov. 9). The New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD) said they arrived on the scene of a reported fire in the 7100 block of Florita Ct. around 7 p.m. Firefighter said they saw heavy...

A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday handed down a 40-year sentence to a defendant convicted of killing an 18-year-old boy in a Marrero parking lot, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office. Cashmere Butler was just 17 years old when prosecutors say he gunned down Samuel Tague, of Belle...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish landlord with a history of code enforcement violations in two parishes evicted a young single mom from one of his apartments. She admits she stopped paying rent, blaming deplorable and unsafe living conditions inside. But as we discovered in this FOX 8 Defenders...

The owner of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans has had preliminary talks with the United States Postal Service leadership about purchasing the main post office on Loyola Avenue in downtown New Orleans, sources confirmed. Sources said this effort is part of Gayle Benson’s vision to transform the area around...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A proposed $420-million renovation to the Smoothie King Center is something team officials say is not only critical to keep the Pelicans in New Orleans, but also essential for another effort. Outside the arena’s walls, there are questions about the proposed $420-million renovation to the facility...