What is the value of a human life?Apparently it's $81.23 per day, according to the fees paid to the largest private prison company in the country, the Corrections Corporation of America. That's how much...
When Hurricane Hermine formed in the Gulf of Mexico and reached hurricane strength on Sept. 1, it ended the longest period without a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in recorded history.
The...
Before closing on Tuesday, ITT Tech made an agreement with both career colleges and trade schools across the country to admit former students in order to lessen the burden of transferring credits.
Delgado...
With focus on the 2016 presidential race, another important race looms on the ballot: Louisiana’s Senate race.
So far, 24 candidates have qualified to appear on the ballot this November as they attempt...
Causeway commuters are preparing to foot the bill as tolls are set to be raised from $3 to $5 for those paying cash to cross the bridge.
Lake Pontchartrain causeway officials voted in favor of the increase...
The New Orleans Health Department has confirmed 13 cases of Zika virus in New Orleans, according to its Healthy Population and Planning Manager Sarah Babcock. Babcock said all confirmed cases have been...
Michele Ellis, nursing professor, awoke Sunday morning to the sound of helicopters and an airboat rescuing neighbors on her flooded street in Baton Rouge.
Ellis has been a nursing professor for 12 years,...
ROME (AP) — Rescue crews using bulldozers and their bare hands raced to dig out survivors from a strong earthquake that reduced three central Italian towns to rubble Wednesday. The death toll stood...
As the city of New Orleans comes up on the 11th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, it is not being met with as much attention as it was a year ago.When the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina happened,...
The National Hurricane Center is giving a tropical wave located east of Puerto Rico an 80 percent chance of developing over the next five days. The disturbance, designated "Invest 99L," is expected to...
