Louisiana

Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana were allowed to extend their deadlines to help residents recover from the aftermath of the winter storms that destroyed parts of the south.

The National Weather Service warned a Flash Flood Watch is in effect in parts of southeast Louisiana and Mississippi until 12 p.m. CDT time on Monday.

Louisiana police are searching for another man in connection with the fatal shooting.

"I think there is no better place in the United States to come find your dream and to make it happen then right here at LSU," Dr. William F. Tate IV said after being hired as the university's president on Thursday.

Authorities in Louisiana launched an investigation after receiving a complaint from a parent of one of the teenagers involved in the case.

"What's wrong with raising the top tax rate to where it was during the Bush and Obama administrations in order to help the working and middle class?" Chris Wallace asked the Republican lawmaker.

The suspect was later arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault with a firearm, possession of stolen things and possession of marijuana.

Four men have been arrested in connection to incident which occurred in Hammond, Louisiana, earlier this month.

According to a press release issued by the sheriff's office on Tuesday, Sheriff Tim Soignet announced that "detectives have obtained arrest warrants for a shooter responsible for the Lenny's Night Club Shooting that occurred on Sunday morning, April 25, 2021."

So far, 31 states have introduced bills banning transgender athletes from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender identities.

"This is now a very active investigation after laying dormant for years," the Kenner Police Department said in a press release on Friday. "Additional arrests are expected."

When the sixth grader explained to the bus driver that his face mask had fallen because he was out of breath from running to the bus, the driver told him, "Since George Floyd, that's what you all say, but I don't see a knee on your neck."

Officers were responding to reports of a traffic congestion in Shreveport, Louisiana when the gunfire erupted, police said.

Laura Ashley Lee and Robert Lee Ramirez stand accused of setting fires on and around their Leesville, Louisiana property in order to drive off snakes.

The National Weather Service issued a Special Marine Warning Thursday for the coastal waters from Louisiana's Port Fourchon to the lower region of the Atchafalaya River.

Police still haven't released a cause of death, leaving many questions around the disappearance of the 18-year-old student.

Wind and waves caused the commercial ship to flip over in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for 12 missing people south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.

According to the LSU Police Department, Gauthier was last seen on April 5. Police found her vehicle unoccupied "at the scene of an accident on the I-10 eastbound side of the Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge."

Josh Benefield was also fired from the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office, along with one other deputy.

Kelyn Spadoni, 33, worked at Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana before her arrest.

Some COVID-19 restrictions, including mask mandates, were gradually eased from 2020 as well as in recent months this year.

Louisiana attorney general Jeff Landry has accused President Joe Biden of "a reckless abuse of presidential power."

"Loitering" local officers and gun-toting Trump supporters were among the isolated incidents that Black Southern voters cited from last November.

A petition to recall the state's governor requires signatures from 20 percent of voters.

A tornado outbreak that hit Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi cut electricity to tens of thousands of homes.

"Senator, are you saying the people of your state don't need that money?" Chris Wallace asked.

Police said the Opelousas High School teacher asked the student to remove the BLM top as it was against school policy.

Texas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are among the states where restrictions were eased this month.

A man has been arrested in connection to murder of Tulane University Police Officer Martinus Mitchum, who was shot while working at high school basketball game,

"Texas desperately needs the help, but so do we," the mayor said. "Louisiana has been treated like the stepchild of the nation during this disaster."