Associated Press

A Florida woman's effort to protect herself from domestic violence has become a flashpoint in the debate over gun rights and victims' safety.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting Iran's supreme leader and his associates with financial sanctions

Days before the first Democratic presidential debates, Sen. Bernie Sanders and House progressives rolled out legislation to cancel all student debt.

Authorities say a woman opened fire at a Louisiana truck stop after her fiance was fired from his job driving an 18-wheeler. Nobody was hurt but a 1-year-old child was among those endangered.

A new federally led study of oil seeping from a platform toppled off Louisiana's coast 14½ years ago found releases lower than other recent estimates but contradicts the well owner's assertions about the amount and source of oil.

A New Orleans po-boy shop featured in "The Simpsons" and a video by Drake is serving up its last sandwiches this summer.

A regional divide has opened as states decide whether to expand their gambling options.

A lawsuit says Louisiana imposes onerous and unconstitutional permit requirements on people who braid hair for a living.

President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. was "cocked and loaded" to retaliate against Iran for downing an unmanned American surveillance drone but he canceled the strikes minutes before they were to be launched after being told 150 people could die.

The state of Louisiana has reached a settlement with Bell Helicopter over an economic development deal that never took off in Lafayette.

A Louisiana resident is challenging the state Bond Commission's decision to exclude two large banks from underwriting state contracts because of the banks' corporate policies regarding firearms businesses.

Alabama Republican Roy Moore has announced he is running for U.S. Senate again in 2020 after failing to win the seat two years ago amid sexual misconduct accusations.