Louisiana

Did you know several US states continue to allow slavery even today?

More than 150 years after it was officially outlawed, the US is still attempting to fully eliminate slavery through ballot initiatives and amend state constitutions allowing the practice as a form of punishment for a crime.

Researchers name extinct shark after retired museum official

A prehistoric shark, Carcharhinus tingae, whose teeth were found in the Louisiana State University’s (LSU) archives was named after a retiring official.

Deaths rise as southern US tallies Hurricane Ida damage

Louisiana, Mississippi states take stock of disaster inflicted by powerful Ida as death toll rises to four.

Hurricane Ida leaves Lousiana residents to assess devastation in dark

Residents are beginning the mammoth task of clearing up and repairing damage inflicted by Ida, which left one million homes and businesses in Lousiana and Mississippi without power potentially for weeks and caused at least four deaths.

US Gulf Coast residents brace for 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ida

Forecasters said Ida could make a US landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, generating winds of 225 kph with heavy downpours.

Claudette batters US Gulf Coast on holiday weekend

Heavy rainfall and flooding mar a weekend meant to hail a return to a post-Covid normality.

Video shows Louisiana police brutality in deadly arrest of Black man

The Associated Press publishes a video, which authorities had refused to release, of the deadly arrest of Ronald Greene two years ago by Louisiana state troopers, showing them stunning, punching and dragging the unarmed man.

Millions lack electricity as another icy storm looms in US

National Weather Service issues a winter storm warning for more than 100 million Americans living from east Texas to the East Coast state of Maryland.

Hurricane Zeta slams into Louisiana with 'life-threatening' surge

Zeta crashes into storm-weary Louisiana with New Orleans squarely in its path, pelting homes and businesses with rain and howling winds, and knocking out power to thousands.

Louisiana begins cleanup as Hurricane Delta weakens and moves on

Delta is expected to continue weakening and is forecast to bring rain through Tennessee, Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley early next week.

Hurricane Delta weakens as it moves into US

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Delta had already weakened to a Category 1 as it moved inland.

Several dead as hurricane Laura batters US state of Louisiana

At least six people have been killed after the hurricane flooded streets, submerging or destroying buildings, and leaving more than 700,000 people without power in Louisiana and neighbouring Texas.