The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Mother in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana faces murder charges after one child found dead in a lake and another found alive beside a highway.

A Louisiana woman now faces a murder charge three days after her 4-year-old son's body was found in a lake near the Texas state line — and two days after her 1-year-old son was rescued while crawling beside an interstate highway

Truck driver rescued baby near where the child’s four-year-old brother was found dead; the mother is now in custody

A 'miracle baby' survives Hurricane Beryl aftermath. Mother arrested after child found alive in Louisiana ditch.

The baby’s four-year-old brother was found dead and his mother was arrested

The Category 1 storm resulted in 2.5 million outages and led to eight deaths in Texas and Louisiana.

Climate activists saw the policy as a major win. It fizzled out within six months

More than 2.3m homes still without power as storm weakens to tropical depression threatening flash flooding

Tragic incident in Bossier Parish, Louisiana as severe weather claims one life. Community assesses storm damage.

Lawsuit challenges Louisiana's law mandating Ten Commandments display in classrooms, sparking debate over separation of church and state.

Parents challenging a new Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms are asking a federal court to block implementation of it while their lawsuit progresses — and before the new school year starts