The national council of the sorority Alpha Chi Omega has announced that it will begin to accept transgender women effective immediately.
A video announcement was released via the national organization’s...
Patricia Dorn and her parasitology students partnered with an ecohealth initiative to combat Chagas disease, which affects about six million people in Almolonga, Jutiapa, Guatemala.
A service learning...
Menu changes, angry customers, and a lack of inventory are all major problems that seafood businesses will have to face over the course of a commercial crabbing ban in Louisiana.
On Feb. 21, the Louisiana...
Crime over the past week has decreased since the Mardi Gras season, according to New Orleans Police Department officials at the weekly district meeting.
Only four persons crimes, or crimes involving...
The owners of Tipitina’s and the Orpheum Theater plan to open a multipurpose facility for all walks of life at the South Shore Harbor on Lake Pontchartrain.
With regular events and an amphitheater for...
Bolivian society is embracing multiculturalism and becoming more accepting, according to Bolivian vice president Álvaro García Linera.
Linera, who has served as vice president since 2006, spoke of...
Following a spree of violence against members of the transgender community, transgender people and allies gathered to confront the issue.
Jada Cardona is the founder and executive director of an organization...
For all of the rich culture and provincial charm of New Orleans, it’s a city that carries with it a stigma of being a transient zone for creative professionals.
New Orleans is well-renowned for its...
Several key arrests in the university area are likely to lead to a significant drop in property crime throughout Uptown, according to police officials at the weekly New Orleans Police Department crime...
President Donald J. Trump's immediate move to pull all United States involvement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership has left Pacific trade in question. Trump passed an executive order on Jan. 23 to remove...
Gason Nelson huddled underneath the bed at his Bundy Road home as a tornado wrecked apart his neighborhood. Listening to the tornado destroy his neighbor’s home, Nelson prayed that his didn’t...
Updated 2/23/17 6:08 p.m.
Frustrated, angry and without a seat, Sen. Bill Cassidy’s town hall meeting bubbled over into the streets as protesters gathered around outside to make sure their voices...
