Multiple major fires are tearing through parts of the Los Angeles area, with 5 dead and over a thousand buildings destroyed.

Mirroring the federal government, Los Angeles County will observe an official day of mourning Thursday for Jimmy Carter when the nation’s 39th president is remembered at a funeral service at the ...

A retired combat soldier and Purple Heart recipient is credited with taking down “the largest (bear) ever harvested in Louisiana,” according to state officials.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors joined the federal government in honoring former President Jimmy Carter Tuesday by passing a motion calling for Thursday to be declared a local day of ...

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the Houston metro area and parts of Louisiana on Thursday. The watch was issued at around 11:30 a.m. local time and will run until at least ...

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds ... Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

Louisiana's prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. The suit against the ...

FILE - The sun shines through concertina wire on a fence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) (Gerald ...

Partially collapsed wall in Avondale. FILE - The sun shines through concertina wire on a fence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert ...