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South Louisiana’s coastline is slipping into the Gulf, but a cluster of scrappy startups is trying to stall the retreat with homegrown fixes. Recycled-glass sand, 3D-printed reef blocks, and drone-driven data maps are all part of a patchwork strategy that founders say could buy vulnerable communities time while the big

Jurors began deliberating Thursday afternoon in the murder trial of Cache Shelton after prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered sharply contrasting accounts of what happened inside a downtown New Orleans hotel room when Shelton’s boyfriend, Nicolas Harrison, was shot through the forehead in December 2022. The case

The New Orleans Police Department announced the arrest of multiple suspects in connection to several Desire area armed carjackings.

A teen whose ankle-monitor violations went unchecked for months led an armed Uber carjacking crew before a Desire-area SWAT standoff ended in his arrest Wednesday afternoon, authorities say. Ja’Maarion Banks, 19, and three juveniles, ages 16, 14 and 14, were booked on multiple counts of armed robbery, the New Orleans..

NEW ORLEANS – Shell’s Mars platform in the Gulf has reached a milestone, becoming the first offshore asset in the United States to produce one billion barrels of oil over its lifetime. The platform came online three decades ago and remains an important part of domestic offshore oil production.

A fifth suspect has been arrested in the disappearance and death of a father of four whose remains were found buried in the backyard of a Marrero home last month. Terrence Johnson, 45, of Harvey, was booked Wednesday with second-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful disposal of remains and obstruction of ju

Actor Shia LaBeouf was formally charged Thursday with three counts of simple battery over his allegedly criminal antics at a bar in New Orleans on the morning of Fat Tuesday. Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams’ office charged LaBeouf, 39, with the misdemeanor counts in a bill of information. All three char

NEW ORLEANS — The city’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure overhaul is hitting a major nerve in the Lower Garden District, where a scheduled water valve project forced a stretch of Magazine Street to go completely dry on Wednesday, leaving local businesses blindsided and forced to shutter their doors. Business owners

Chilimigras admitted he is not entirely certain what he will pursue next, but said "a lot of opportunities" are available to him.

NEW ORLEANS — Every Wednesday, we continue our look at people in the community who are quietly, behind the scenes, making a difference in the community. In America 250: Red, White, and You, we go inside EMS headquarters and highlight a team effort that is making a difference in the number of lives they save.