What can toughen Louisiana coast against worsening storms? Four years and 30,000 trees

In the wetlands of coastal southeast Louisiana, conservation groups are wrapping up a four-year project to plant 30,000 trees ...

Norman C. Francis, civil rights champion and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies at 94

Norman C. Francis, a civil rights pioneer, champion of education and leader who was charged with helping rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, died Wednesday.

Malibu, 'emotionally and physically scarred,' is suing California, L.A., others over Palisades fire

Malibu is suing the state, the city of Los Angeles, L.A. County and additional public parties and agencies, seeking damages for financial losses sustained in the Palisades fire.

A look at the largest clergy abuse settlements reached by Catholic organizations in the US

The Camden Diocese has agreed to pay $180 million in a clergy sexual abuse settlement, the latest in a church scandal set off ...

Rapides Parish woman convicted in connection to 2023 wildfire

A wildfire burned 27 acres of a young pine plantation near Glenmora.