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In St. John the Baptist Parish, the deputies were killed as they investigated what authorities say was an earlier ambush of a fellow officer.
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New Orleans police say a new strategy that involves undercover officers buying drugs from dealers led to the arrest of a 32-year-old murder suspect.Police…
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New Orleans police accuse a 53-year-old woman and her daughter of plotting to burn a 57-year-old woman to death.Police say they arrested Alice Wright last…
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Officials at the Lafayette Parish Coroner's office say the body believed to be Mickey Shunick is in such an advanced stage of decay they had to send it to…
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New Orleans police say recently received DNA evidence links a rape in 2000 and a sexual assault and killing in 1992.They got a description last week from…
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Count documents show doctors believe a Thibodaux man accused of decapitating his disabled 7-year-old son nearly a year ago is competent to stand trial.The…
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Attorneys for Angola 5 defendant David Mathis have persuaded a judge to allow them to use a jailhouse confession they say would show jurors their client…
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Hans Kristian Rausing comes from one of Sweden's wealthiest families. On Monday, his American-born wife Eva was found dead in their London home. The couple had struggled with drug additions.
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Officials say a grand jury next week will consider the case involving the man accused of kidnapping and murdering college student Mickey Shunick.Lafayette…
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Murders in Chicago are on the rise, and residents there are demanding answers. Guest host Maria Hinojosa speaks with WBEZ's criminal justice and legal affairs reporter Robert Wildeboer about what's being done to end the bloodshed in the Windy City.