French Quarter Fest kicked off Thursday (April 10) in New Orleans’ most well-known neighborhood with dozens of performers, ...

Walter C. Wright flung open the gates of the renovated Lincoln Beach at 9 a.m. on May 28, 1954. He was the manager of the beach created for Black families during the Jim Crow era.

The suit claims St. James Parish discriminates against majority-Black districts by approving most toxic chemical plants in ...

Paul Morphy helped to put New Orleans on the map by playing chess. He was outwitting top international chess players when he was 12.

The New Orleans City Council also voted to end its controversial practice of taking fees for tax collections, the source of a ...

City Park visitors discussed improving the park’s trails, reviving the cypress grove and adding fishing areas during a ...

A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at ...

But, as Verite’s first health reporter, I truly want to know how you’re doing. How you’re feeling is more like it. Before ...

The New Orleans City Council plans to take up an ordinance that would halt a city practice of charging tax collection fees to ...

Born in New Orleans in 1895 as Elizabeth Mary Landreaux, Miles took her stage name from second husband John C. Miles, whom ...

Judge will make decision on Khalil, a permanent resident targeted for deportation by the Trump administration, at another hearing later this week.

Although the office of mayor has lost some luster and developed limitations in recent years, it still has more direct ...