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PHILADELPHIA — North Carolina continued the NCAA Tournament run no one saw coming a month ago with its 71-66 win over UCLA Friday to advance to the Elite Eight. The Tar Heels will face St. Peter’s on Sunday for a spot in the Final Four in New Orleans.

Lakers guard Russell Westbrook had some urgent words about the team's Sunday matchup versus the New Orleans Pelicans.

The National Weather Service says a tornado that killed a man near New Orleans was the second strongest on record for the metro area and left an 11.5-mile track through three parishes

Exclusive: Family opens up about horrific carjacking and seeks justice for teens accused, Bevan Hurley reports

‘We felt the pressure, and it was scary. It was like being in a movie,’ a resident said

It's not much of a consolation prize, but the New Orleans Saints are projected to receive a compensatory 2023 draft pick after losing Terron Armstead to the Dolphins:

Residents of Arabi were still feeling the effects of Hurricane Ida, six months ago. And then the black, spinning tornadoes came

Eyewitnesses to the deadly New Orleans carjacking told local news they screamed for the assailants to ‘please stop!’

Tornadoes tore up homes in New Orleans and its suburbs and were reported in communities from Texas to Mississippi and Alabama as severe storms swept across the South in late March 2022. We asked tornado scientist Ernest Agee to explain what causes tornadoes and how the center of U.S. tornado…