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Baton Rouge police and Sheriff deputies respond to a mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Exchange of gunfire inside Mall of Louisiana leaves 1 person dead and 5 wounded

April 23, 2026 at 8:51 p.m.

An exchange of gunfire at a food court inside a Louisiana mall on Thursday killed one person and wounded five others and sent workers and shoppers scrambling for safety, police...

A protestor waves a flag in a pouring rain during a demonstration against an impending Customs and Border Patrol immigration crackdown in New Orleans, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Federal border agents launch immigration crackdown in New Orleans

December 3, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

A federal immigration crackdown began Wednesday in New Orleans under an operation that a Homeland Security official said would target violent criminals, expanding the Trump administration’s sweeps that have unfolded...

FILE – Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol the grounds of the Washington Monument at the National Mall, Sept. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

President Trump says National Guard will be sent to New Orleans

December 2, 2025 at 3:40 p.m.

By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans and bring another federal surge...

U.S. Border Patrol Commander at large Gregory Bovino looks on, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

DHS plans to deploy 250 border agents to Louisiana in major immigration sweep, sources say

November 18, 2025 at 5:03 p.m.

Around 250 federal border agents are set to go to New Orleans for a two-month immigration crackdown dubbed “Swamp Sweep” that aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, center, tours “Camp 57,” a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool)

A notorious Louisiana prison was chosen for immigrant detainees to urge self-deportation, Kristi Noem says

September 4, 2025 at 12:04 p.m.

A complex inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary will be used for some of the “worst of the worst” ICE detainees, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

This image provided by Louisiana State Police shows one of New Orleans jail escapees, Kendall Myles, captured in the French Quarter Friday, May 16, 2025 in New Orleans. (Louisiana State Police via AP)

10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get food

May 17, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

Authorities say 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet.

An aerial view of the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Facility in Jena, La., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation’s immigration detention system

April 18, 2025 at 8:31 a.m.

Amid rural Louisiana’s crawfish farms, towering pine trees and cafes serving po’boys, nearly 7,000 people are waiting at immigration detention centers to learn whether they will be expelled from the...

FILE – Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

April 11, 2025 at 3:14 p.m.

A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil based on the federal government’s argument that he poses a national security risk.

Joe Huff, left, and Kenny Braden with “The Yard Barber” work to clear snow from the driveway of a home in The Summit neighborhood, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Owensboro, Ky. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

Southern areas hit by winter storm thaw out as power slowly returns

January 12, 2025 at 1:36 p.m.

After a freezing winter storm shut schools, cut power and cancelled or delayed flights, the South was slowly thawing Sunday as warmer weather melted snow and ice.

Parade attendees toast to victims of the deadly New Years truck attack, during the annual Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc parade, kicking off the Mardi Gras season, in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans roars back with start of Carnival after truck attack. But don’t call locals ‘resilient’

January 7, 2025 at 5:32 p.m.

Countless times in the past week, politicians and outsiders have praised the city for its ability to bounce back. New Orleans has faced tragedy again and again, perhaps more than...

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