New Orleans

The FBI says the man responsible for the attack that killed 14 people was Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Houston. He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police following the attack.

The suspect in the New Year’s Day truck attack on Bourbon Street acted as a lone wolf when he slammed his vehicle into a crowd, killing 14 and injuring dozens of others, the FBI said Thursday.

In the early hours of New Year's Day, a truck rammed into crowds on the French Quarter's heavily foot-trafficked street. Police are looking into whether the suspect had ties to any terror groups.

The FBI has identified the suspect in a deadly terrorist attack on New Orleans as Texas resident Shamsud-Din Jabbar.

Michelle Gibson's speciality is New Orleans' "second line" dancing and she's taking it to the renowned Massachusetts home of modern dance.

A Louisiana board on Friday voted to pardon Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1896 "separate but equal" ruling affirming state segregation laws.

The New Orleans Saints are planning to practice at the home of the Dallas Cowboys for three days this week after evacuating because of Hurricane Ida, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Sunday.

"With COVID-19 cases increasing around the country, we will have to modify how to observe [Carnival] season," the mayor said. She's asking for alternative ideas from the public.

"This is a life-threatening situation," the National Hurricane Center said, urging people to take precautions against the risk of flooding. Louisiana and Alabama have declared a state of emergency.

The city began allowing some businesses such as gyms, salons and movie theaters, as well as churches to reopen — or expand their operations — in a limited capacity on Saturday.

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, Elizabeth Todd lost almost everything. Her home in the 17th Ward was overtaken by the Gulf and soon the…

The keyboardist and singer was a co-founder of both the Meters and the Neville Brothers — bands that took the funk and swagger of New Orleans to a much larger world.