WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday celebrated its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a ...

ANGOLA, La. — A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson died days after a March date was scheduled for his execution by nitrogen gas.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected a request to extradite a doctor who was charged with prescribing abortion pills online to a Louisiana resident last month. "I will not be signing an extradition ...

The Louisiana Department of Health announced this week it no longer will promote mass vaccinations in the state, saying the move was necessary to “rebuild trust.” In a letter released Thursday ...

In recent years, the popularity of e-cigarettes, especially among youth, has continued to surge in Louisiana, according to 2023 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Louisiana Travel Association announced Devan Corbello as the recipient of the Rising Star of the Year at its annual meeting in February in Monroe. This year, the LTA celebrated excellence in ...

Journalists in the USA TODAY Network in Louisiana were recently honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors in its annual contest for top sports journalism from 2024, with The Daily Advertiser ...

Abraham, the state’s surgeon general, wrote in a memo. By Tim Balk Louisiana’s top health official said in an internal memo to the state’s Health Department on Thursday that it would no ...

Spanning a million acres, these nearly indestructible trees have protected Louisiana's coast for thousands of years. How does this million-acre ecosystem protect Louisiana’s communities, and how can ...

Now, some states are following suit. Louisiana is scheduled to execute a man with nitrogen gas on March 18. Arkansas lawmakers are seeking to introduce nitrogen there after an eight-year pause in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carr ...

Texas and Louisiana are moving forward with legal action against an abortion provider in New York who prescribed abortion medication through telemedicine. On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ...