According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the West Shore project will not provide a level of hurricane risk reduction until the system is 100 percent complete.

On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and ...

The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...

Parts of New Orleans, including its international airport, are sinking nearly 2 inches per year, according to a new study. Wetlands and parts of the city's levee system are sinking, too.

A new study identified hot spots of sinking levees that will need to be prioritized for maintenance to withstand future ...

Fred Newton’s epic swim down the Mississippi River earned him a world record, but not the fame and fortune he hoped.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officials said the body of the second man was recovered on Thursday around 9 a ...

NORMAN — OU basketball star Jeremiah Fears was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday in Brooklyn. Fears was the No. 7 overall pick. Fears is the ...

In 2017, ‘Oumuamua stunned scientists as the interstellar object entered and then exited the solar system, something ...

N EW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) - Search crews recovered the body of a missing Metairie man Wednesday morning, July 3, in Lake ...

The body of a man pulled from Lake Pontchartrain Thursday morning has been identified as a man who went overboard Tuesday ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries confirmed that the man pulled from the lake was Joseph Grice, 51. His body ...