Mayor Mitch Landrieu

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The mayor of New Orleans wants to force bars along Bourbon Street to close their doors after 3 a.m. in an attempt to reduce violence in the city. Mayor Mitch Landrieu stresses that the bars and clubs will still be allowed to stay open, they just have to close their doors...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an injunction Friday blocking the city from removing the monuments.

The windfall is expected to set off a massive construction effort that could last at least a decade

Vitter says this is the third letter he has sent to Landrieu urging him to focus on murders, not monuments.