Louisiana

An 11-year-old Louisiana boy was taken into custody by police on Sunday, after stealing a school bus and leading officers on a chase, which ended in a crash.

A bridge inspector was working 120 feet above the Mississippi River when he spotted a distressed dog beneath the deck.

Police in Kenner, Louisiana, say three brothers have been accused of raping a 10-year-old girl after forcing their way into a bathroom where she was hiding.

A man considered to be the nation's oldest living World War II veteran celebrated his 111th birthday this weekend.

The boy was arrested Sept. 7 on a charge of second-degree murder, authorities said.

The governor of Louisiana says four people, including a 14-year-old girl and an 68-year-old man, were killed by falling trees as Hurricane Laura moved through the state.

More than 385,000 residents were told to flee the Texas cities of Beaumont, Galveston and Port Arthur, and another 200,000 were ordered to leave low-lying Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana, where forecasters said as much as 13 feet (3.96 meters) of storm surge topped by waves could submerge whole communities.

Rapper Kanye West has filed paperwork just ahead of the deadline to appear on the presidential ballot in Louisiana in November.

“Wow!! Ever see 6 water spouts at once?” Frank Leday wrote on Facebook. 

The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era.

The couple dropped off some of the masks Friday at the Austin Fire Department.