A cigar maker and a successful boxer in the 1800s, André Cailloux also was the first Black officer killed in action during ...

Musician Art Neville shaped the sounds of New Orleans funk.

The view that every Super Bowl becomes a hub for sex trafficking actually makes sex workers vulnerable to police harassment, ...

Council members and school officials blasted Mayor LaToya Cantrell for backing out of a deal meant to help city schools out ...

The Trump administration’s moves to freeze and slash billions in federal spending has put nearly $140 million in funding for ...

Louisiana receives a larger percentage of its operating budget from federal funding than any other state, at about 50 percent ...

Next, Neville formed Art Neville and the Neville Sounds with brothers Aaron and Cyril. By 1965, that band morphed into the ...

Jasmine Robinson is Verite's newest reporter on the hospitality and tourism beat. She's looking for people-focused stories ...

State Rep. Debbie Villio will push for minors to be sent to adult prison for a slew of new crimes if voters approve a state constitutional amendment.

George Herriman, whose comic strip "Krazy Kat" ran for three decades, was born to a prominent New Orleans Creole family in ...

The New Orleans City Council and mayor remained at an impasse over whether to honor a settlement agreement with the Orleans Parish School Board.

SOUL Nola is working to renew the city’s tree canopy and help New Orleans cope with climate change. The federal funding freeze has forced the group to a halt.