NEW ORLEANS — A Metairie mother who survived a hit-and-run is speaking out about the incident. "I literally thought I was dead,” Tierra Murray said. Around 2:30 last Sunday morning, Murray says she ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Katherine Keneally, who researches political violence, about whether we're seeing more of it in American politics.

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 19 people on Sunday, including six children at a water collection point, local health officials said, despite ...

From a 47-year low of 120 reported murders in 2019, an eruption of violence peaked in 2022 with 265 murders, a post-Katrina ...

Introduction: Language in the Age of Fascist Politics In the age of expanding fascism, the power of language is not only ...

Yolanda McPherson says a broken system left her without answers for months as to how her daughter died and who was responsible for it.

South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined other top House Democrats at a Louisiana town hall Thursday night to preview one of the party’s strategies for attempting to retake the U.S.

ICE and National Guard raid California pot farms, detain workers, sparking protests and concerns over deportation policy.

Part of the success story in New Orleans’ reduction in crime is how law enforcement has stayed flexible, and not let ...

The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office announced the conviction of a man in a sexual assault and home invasion case on July 10.

The Citizens Club of Springfield met in March 2025 to host a forum titled "American Lynching: From Chicago to New Orleans." Historian Tim Good discussed major lynching's that occurred in the ...

Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail almost two months ago, and authorities have captured all but the man with the ...