New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday on federal charges including conspiracy, fraud and obstruction, following allegations of trying to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard. Prosecutors allege that in October 2021, Cantrell and Jeffrey Vappie, her bodyguard, developed a “personal, intimate relationship,” said Michael Simpson, acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District…
New Orleans — The sheriff who oversees a New Orleans jail that was the site of a brash escape of 10 inmates earlier this year told CBS News in an exclusive interview Thursday that prison staffing and design flaws played a major role in the breakout. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said the Orleans…
New Orleans — Louisiana’s coast is under threat as a quarter of the state’s wetlands, an area about the size of Delaware, have disappeared in the last 100 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The wetlands are a critical buffer that shield Louisiana communities from monster hurricanes. While massive flood walls and human-made marshes are…
Coastal erosion project in Louisiana at center of political storm – CBS News Watch CBS News A coastal erosion project in Louisiana meant to protect against a hurricane’s powerful effects is now at the center of a political storm. Kati Weis reports. Source link
Major Supreme Court ruling shifts power Major Supreme Court ruling shifts powers of federal judges, Trump administration 08:13 The Supreme Court has teed up a major case for next term on whether racial redistricting is unconstitutional. In a Friday night scheduling order, the high court asked parties to file briefs on whether Louisiana’s creation of…
Editor’s note: Adrian Clouatre spoke about his wife’s detention in the video above from June 23, when she was still being held. BATON ROUGE, La. — A wife of a Marine Corps veteran and mother of two was released from ICE custody on Monday after being detained in May during what she says she thought was…
Heavy rain slams Louisiana’s Gulf Coast – CBS News Watch CBS News Fifteen million people across the country are under flood alerts Friday. Along the Gulf Coast, heavy rain is expected to continue until Saturday. CBS News’ Kati Weis reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive…
Four law enforcement officials, including two current police chiefs, in Louisiana are accused of fabricating police reports in a scheme to illegally obtain U.S. visas for immigrants, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. A Louisiana businessman is also charged in the scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Louisiana alleges that between Dec. 26, 2015…
From the archives: Charles Kuralt on the Louisiana Purchase – CBS News Watch CBS News President Thomas Jefferson’s acquisition of more than 800,000 square miles of land from France in 1803 was a remarkable chapter in American history, all the more fascinating for it being so unexpected – and so cheap. CBS News’ Charles Kuralt…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday ordered further arguments over Louisiana’s congressional map that was approved by the state’s GOP-led legislature and created a second majority-Black district. An order from the court issued on the last day of its term restored the case to its calendar for reargument, with an additional scheduling order to…