A Louisiana bill that would have carved out a path for incarcerated people convicted by now-banned split juries to ask for a new trial has failed.

Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students have asked that his trial be delayed.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement ...

The maintenance worker at the centre of a New Orleans jailbreak has insisted he had no knowledge of the crime being committed ...

Sterling Williams was arrested Tuesday in connection with Friday’s jailbreak. His lawyer, Michael Kennedy, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that inmates clogged a toilet to get the water shut ...

Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail run by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, sparking a massive search for the ...

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of May 25-31 include singer Lenny Kravitz, actor Octavia Spencer from “Hidden ...

A worker charged with aiding the New Orleans jailbreak by 10 prisoners shut off water to unclog a toilet, not to allow the ...

NFL owners voted against a proposed ban on the tush push on Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.

The Louisiana authorities are still searching for five of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center ...

House Republicans push for tax cut bill vote on Wednesday; Trump describes missile defense plan; UN says Gaza aid not ...