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Forecasters said Tropical Storm Hermine formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico early Monday morning, becoming the eighth tropical storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. It is moving north at 8 mph.
Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
Baton Rouge police handled eight separate shooting incidents, which started on Friday. Two people lost their lives and several others are seriously injured.
Dray Joseph threw for 162 yards and a touchdown and Southern scored 21 fourth-quarter points for a 37-27 victory against Delaware State on Sunday in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge at the Florida Citrus Bowl.
Louisiana state parks and historic sites are offering a high-tech treasure hunt.
For the past year, the coroner's office in Louisiana's capital has had to send bodies to Lafayette or hire local pathologists to autopsy them.
State authorities are investigating a shooting involving a Many police officer.
Malcolm Jenkins says he would be surprised if Brett Favre didn't try to pick on him when the Saints host the Vikings in the NFL season opener Thursday night.
A key piece of evidence in the oil spill probe has been safely secured on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, and investigators are getting their first chance to personally look at the device up close.
Undermanned North Carolina nearly rallied from a 20-point halftime deficit before losing to LSU. Patrick Peterson had 257 yards on kickoff and punt returns for the Tigers, including an 87-yard touchdown.
Officials say that mudslides on a Guatemalan highway have killed at least 22 people. Scores more are missing.
Two men are in custody suspected of robbing, then shooting a 45-year-old man to death at about 5 a.m. Saturday morning.
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a doctor convicted of molesting a 13-year-old Mississippi boy during a trip to the Independence Bowl football game in Louisiana in 2002.
A fugitive wanted for rape and murder charges in Texas was arrested Thursday in New Orleans, according to officials.
Two babies have been killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a gas tanker in Phoenix.
A few dozen people, led by religious leaders, marched over the Danziger Bridge to mark the fifth anniversary of the deadly shootings there after Katrina.
Police say a 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman were sitting in a vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds when they arrived.
Baton Rouge has been a hot spot for film producers, and on Sunday another road will be closed while directors roll tape.
Police say several men were riding down the street, and shot a man as he was walking to a neighborhood store. The man was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
A group of Boy Scouts stepped in this weekend to help a local health clinic bounce back from Hurricane Gustav nearly two years later.
Saints All-Pro safety Darren Sharper will miss at least the first six games of the season and projected starting linebacker Jonathan Casillas will be out for the season with a foot injury.
The founder of a Louisiana abortion clinic hit by a state closure order says she is consulting with attorneys for a possible court challenge.
Firefighters in Lafayette are investigating a house fire that killed a 53-year-old man early Saturday.
East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes have accounted for nearly all the human cases of West Nile virus confirmed by Louisiana health officials this year.
A small town in Michigan has eliminated its police department as a way to save money.
Officials say three terminals at the Los Angeles International Airport were briefly shut down after an airport contract worker left an exit from a secure area unattended.
Although New Orleans is aiming for a diversified economy as it continues its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, the city isn't there yet.
A Gretna man who pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Firefighters battled an early morning blaze that investigators believe may have been an arson.
The FBI says a San Antonio man suspected of robbing nearly a dozen banks in five states, including Oklahoma, has been arrested in Texas.
A truck partially jumped the concrete divider on Interstate 10 West near the I-10/I-110 split in Baton Rouge, causing heavy traffic backups in both directions Friday afternoon.
Police said Darrell Garner, 36, of Baker went to a hospital room inside Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City, argued with his estranged wife and her boyfriend, and then shot both of them.
A 14-year-old was taken into custody after a gun was found at a Baton Rouge high school during a random search Friday morning. He said he planned to "use it recreationally over the weekend while visiting a relative."
A Madisonville man has been indicted after investigators say his wife was eaten by maggots as she lay in her bed dying.
A 36-year-old assistant high school football coach was arrested for allegedly having sex with a girl. Investigators said the victim is a student at the school where the man is a coach.
The Coast Guard responded to an oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday. The rig is located about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay. There were 13 workers on the rig at the time. All were safely rescued.
Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Most notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions...
The driver of an 18-wheeler was killed Thursday night when his truck overturned on I-12.
The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a bioterrorism scare after he reported...
U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.
A man found shot to death Thursday morning on Blvd. De Province was allegedly killed by a burglar he surprised.
In the last year, getting a Louisiana license cost drivers an extra $15. State Police said the fee was for additional background checks. The Office of Motor Vehicles was ordered to refund the money after lawmakers scratched the fee. While checks are in the mail, the process isn't without problems.
Engineers have removed a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July.
The captain of a boat that rescued 13 crew members who escaped an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico says the blast aboard the vessel was so sudden that they didn't have time to get in a lifeboat.
An overloaded extension cord is to blame for a house fire early Thursday morning.
A man convicted of manslaughter is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning to be sentenced by a district judge. He faces up to 80 years behind bars because he was prosecuted as a habitual offender.
A man accused of storming into a home and shooting someone to death nearly a year ago is scheduled for a court appearance Thursday. He is being charged with second-degree murder.
A federal jury has rejected a civil lawsuit's claims that a New Orleans police officer choked a man to death following a traffic stop.
The FBI's SWAT team and New Orleans Violent Crime Task Force has arrested a 40-year-old New Orleans man wanted on rape and murder charges in Texas.
The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most...
Homicide detectives are gathering evidence following a deadly shooting in Baton Rouge early Thursday morning. By the time officers made it out to the scene, the victim had succumbed to his wounds.
Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with...
Oil giant BP says it has spent more than $5 million a week on advertising since the Gulf Coast oil spill - more than three times the amount it spent on ads during the same period last year.
Tropical Storm Gaston, which became the seventh named storm of the season Wednesday afternoon, further slowed its pace Thursday morning on its trek across the open eastern Atlantic Ocean.
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.
Paris Hilton was banned Wednesday from two Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, and her boyfriend was dismissed as a nightclub partner following their arrests in a vehicle that police said reeked of marijuana.
As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives...
A homeless man now probably wishes the hot tub he decided to sit in had some sort of time machine capabilities after he was arrested for a bizarre 911 call to police. He asked for a hug and cup of hot chocolate.
An 18-year-old high school student stockpiled bomb-making materials in his bedroom and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and "become the world's most infamous sociopath,"...
Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track...
After a meeting between attorneys from BREC and the state office of children and family services, BREC says they are only being asked to close Church Street and Antioch recreation center programs at this time.
Students were upset over budget cutbacks, laid off faculty, and several service cuts. By the end of the protest, a handful of students were arrested, the police chief was punched and students were maced by police.
Gustav left most of Baton Rouge and the metro area in the dark for days. It was a frustrating time, but one neighborhood actually threw a party on Wednesday night to commemorate the second anniversary of the storm.
Port Allen Mayor Derek Lewis and Port Allen Police Chief Fred Smith were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for their part of an investigation called "Operation Blighted Official."
A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people...
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says there is no "significant risk" that more oil will leak into the sea when engineers remove the temporary cap Thursday that first contained the gusher in mid-July.
The Baton Rouge and St. George fire departments say beware of bogus telephone solicitation calls. Both departments say they are not involved in any telemarketing campaign.
One tool the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission is using it to combat drunk driving Labor Day weekend is raising some eyebrows. Some members of the legal community say "no refusal" could mean "no conviction."
Joshua Miner turned himself in on Wednesday in New Orleans. He is facing second-degree murder charges. Miner allegedly punched off-duty detective Brett Thomas in the face so hard, it killed him.
Police are targeting drunken drivers over the Labor Day weekend, with plans for sobriety checkpoints, increased patrols and other DWI enforcement initiatives.
A 59-year-old Livingston Parish man is facing child pornography charges after an investigation by State Police and the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.
BP says its rent is paid in full at the site of its oil spill command center in Hopedale, LA, but disputes over payments for fuel and other costs remain as the local landowner orders them off the property.
The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades - decreasing by 8 percent as the sour economy dried up jobs and increased enforcement made it harder to sneak across the...
Interstate 10 in southeast Texas has reopened after crews finished cleaning up a hazardous material spill from a tanker involved in a wreck four days ago.
An Alabama woman is set for trial on a charges she conspired to defraud the federal government by preying on Hurricane Katrina victims who needed their properties rebuilt.
LSU System President John Lombardi names a state Board of Regents administration official as chief financial officer and comptroller for the LSU system.
Authorities have arrested the second man wanted in connection with a Baton Rouge murder that happened in late July. They believe this suspect was the actual triggerman in the deadly shooting.
Hurricane Gustav slammed into the Louisiana coast two years ago Wednesday. It went ashore near Cocodrie as a Category 2 hurricane, causing extensive damage across southeastern Louisiana.
Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents.
A Baton Rouge man told a judge Tuesday he wants to get rid of his court-appointed attorneys, withdraw his insanity plea and go to trial quickly on four counts of first-degree murder.
There's an alarming trend that officials say is going on in our schools. One Prairieville mother is outraged about "sexting."
A North Baton Rouge rehabilitation center is the focus of a federal drug investigation. While the attorney for the Louisiana Health and Rehab Center's McClelland Street office confirms the probe, he says patients are not affected.
The high school track star who took her battle with the East Baton Rouge School System to court was not welcomed back to Baton Rouge Magnet High for her senior year. In the end, Kamaria Brown ended up at McKinley High School.
Democrat Charlie Melancon wants incumbent David Vitter, a Republican, to agree to five different debates before the November election.
A young Marine who was in Iraq in 2007 has strong feelings about the end of U.S. combat in Iraq.
A Hathaway man recently came across something we see everyday...a utility pole - but this utility poll appeared to him differently than most.
She was supposed to be keeping kids out of harm's way, but it appears a Louisville woman was the one actually doing harm to several kids over several years.
Police are still looking for the driver who hit a 7-year-old while crossing the road in front of school and kept going.
Thanks to $100,000 in funding from Mayor Kip Holden's Green Light program the students are able to plant trees and build sidewalks.
Apple is holding a news conference on Wednesday, and in true Apple form they will not say exactly what they are announcing or releasing. Of course there are plenty of rumors out there.
Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It's time to turn the page." Now, he said, the nation's...
Transcript released by The White House of the August 31st remarks by President Barack Obama regarding the end of combat operations in Iraq.
The investor saw potential in the scrubby 67 acres tucked away amid multimillion dollar homes: He would turn the land into a vast pot farm and capitalize on the booming medical marijuana industry.
A pistol-packing 69-year-old woman in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again. Police said Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach when she found him inside her bedroom...
A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night...
The bear that recently killed a caretaker in a Cleveland suburb was the latest example of animal violence in a state that has some of the nation's weakest restrictions on exotic pets and among the highest number of...
While St. Helena schools are asking to have their students bused to other districts because of safety violations within their schools, one neighboring school system is saying they can't handle any more kids.
A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach.
Some states suing to toss out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are also lining up to claim a share of its subsidies for the medical costs of retired employees.
A federal judge has refused to postpone a sentencing hearing for Jeffrey Lehrmann, a former New Orleans police detective who pleaded guilty to helping cover up a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina.
Although part of the Louisiana employment job picture closely mirrors the stumbling national economy, the state's manufacturing and petroleum sectors are sharply lagging.
Parts of Scenic Highway and I-110 will be closed during the day Thursday for a movie shoot.
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says it will be Friday or later before efforts can resume to remove the failed blowout preventer from the deep water well that caused the huge Gulf oil spill.
The manager of a Port Allen apartment complex has been accused of stealing $48,000.
A 24-year-old Baton Rouge woman is facing charges after search during a traffic stop yielded drugs early Tuesday morning.
A 47-year-old man is accused of being the one responsible for the neglect and abuse his father has suffered. The suspect was arrested and the victim was taken to a medical facility to be properly cared for.
The pilot suffered facial injuries and the passenger walked away unscathed after a small plane crashed into a field Monday. The FAA will investigate what caused the craft to go down and end up on its roof.
Investigators are crediting Facebook with helping them name a suspect in the death of a police officer. The officer was killed during a fight outside a Bourbon Street nightclub two months ago.
Lawyers for former television broadcaster Vince Marinello will head to court Tuesday in hopes of getting his murder conviction overturned. Marinello was convicted in 2008 of shooting and killing his wife, Liz.
It's been five years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. The memories remain strong in the minds of many as the recovery efforts continue throughout the region.
Exxon Mobil has partnered with WAFB in our search for future scientists. If you're in 4th or 5th grade, write an essay explaining why the study of science interests you. You could be on TV!
Southern University's new football coach, Stump Mitchell's, has simple and direct instructions to his team this year: "Just Get It Done." Watch the 2010 Southern Football Special to see what is in store this year.
Louisiana's 5th Season - Hurricane Season - has arrived. This year, along with the typical predictions and warnings, experts must factor in the potential effects of the oil spill. Watch this exclusive WAFB program online now or during one of its replay times on air.
What began as an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico turned into a massive oil leak which threatens the entire Gulf Coast. Click here to follow the latest from WAFB and its sister stations in the Raycom Media News Network.
We take a closer look at the Gulf Oil Spill and attempt to look toward the future. Join WAFB and our television partners from around the state for "Coastal Crisis: What Lies Ahead" right here online.
The Raycom News Network presents Coastal Crisis: Impact Alabama, a look at how the Gulf oil spill is affecting the Alabama Gulf Coast and how the people of Alabama are responding to it.
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Months after an 7.0 earthquake rocked the island nation, Haiti is still recovering. Here is a look at what life is like in post-earthquake Haiti.
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