Crime and Public Safety

12+ hour, 49+ min ago   (422+ words) This article is brought to you by Arnold & Itkin. An $8 billion jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson. A $2.25 billion jury verdict against Monsanto over the weed killer Roundup. An $860 million verdict after a deadly crane collapse. Arnold & Itkin built its national…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (748+ words) Five years ago, as an overwhelmed New Orleans police force grappled with a surge in homicides and carjackings, efforts to keep drunk drivers off the city’s streets fell by the wayside. Now, with violent crime down and the agency turning…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (203+ words) NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Supreme Court justices, members of the state judiciary, and the Louisiana State Bar Association gathered Monday at St. Louis Cathedral to observe the 74th annual Red Mass. The traditional service is held each year on the first Monday…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (165+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash on LA 1 north of LA 3089 in Ascension Parish. A spokesperson for LSP described the incident as a "serious injury crash with entrapment." The crash occurred after 6 a.m....

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (100+ words) The New Orleans Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that happened at a residence in the 7th Ward neighborhood. The robbery happened just before 3 p.m. on Friday in the 1400 block of N. Roman Street. According to police, several construction workers were working…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (26+ words) Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill seeks to intervene in ULM Athletes' NCAA Lawsuits...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (50+ words) Two brothers from St. Tammany Parish are facing federal charges, accused of using social media to help raise tens of thousands of dollars for Hamas. Two brothers from St. Tammany Parish are facing federal charges, accused of using social media…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (179+ words) Two Louisiana Tech University students were arrested for disturbing the peace following a racist video circulating online involving an incident at the Sigma Nu fraternity house. RUSTON, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Two students at Louisiana Tech University were arrested after a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (545+ words) Lawsuit challenges shield laws enacted by the three defendant states after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas have filed a lawsuit against California, New York and Massachusetts, alleging those states are helping abortion providers send…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (167+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has given Louisiana's Attorney General's Office $1,000,000. According to the DOJ, these funds will help implement efforts to identify, serve, and empower victims of technology-facilitated abuse, such as image-based…...