The New Orleans City Council approved an ordinance on Thursday (May 8) that will protect sex workers from arrest and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Provost, 69, ...

A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules ...

Louisiana legislators are advancing legislation to move the University of New Orleans, which has struggled with enrollment ...

Late last year, Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill changing the state’s personal income tax to a flat 3% rate from a tiered ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff ...

The City of New Orleans released the final draft of its master plan for Lincoln Beach, but advocates for the beach still want ...

There's new tariffs on almost everything that is imported. Some of that increased cost is being eaten by exporters in other ...

A new book explores the secretive, complicated history of lethal injection and its relationship to the death penalty.

Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion ...

He is Cardinal Robert Prevost — an American from Chicago. Editor's note: This is a developing story. An earlier version continues below. White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, ...