Teen charged with fatally shooting 2-year-old girl in car

Police in Louisiana have charged a 19-year-old who they say shot a 2-year-old in the head as she sat in the back seat of a car this weekend.

New Orleans implodes damaged cranes on partially collapsed Hard Rock hotel

After looming over the streets of New Orleans for over a week, two damaged cranes that leaned precariously over the remains of a partially collapsed hotel were brought down Sunday afternoon using a series of controlled explosions.

1 dead, 2 missing after hotel collapse in New Orleans

A large section of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans' historic French Quarter collapsed Saturday amid blinding dust and flying debris, killing one person, injuring more than 20 and leaving two unaccounted as rescue workers hastened to enter what was left of the largely unstable building.

NFL star Drew Brees encourages students to ‘live out your faith,’ bring Bible to school

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is calling on students to participate in Bring Your Bible to School Day as a celebration of faith and religious freedom in America.

Sun Valley homeless accused of siphoning power and more
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Furious and fed-up residents of Sun Valley are accusing the local homeless population of siphoning power from light poles in an attempt to power their RV?s, leading to a fire that incinerated an RV, and nearly caught a business on fire.?

FBI agents serve search warrant at LADWP office
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FBI agents were serving a search warrant Monday morning at the offices of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Woman shot and killed in East Hollywood
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LAPD is investigating the shooting death of a 25-year-old woman that occurred in an East Hollywood neighborhood Thursday afternoon.

LA, California cities `overrun' by rats, study says
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Fueled by an increasing homeless population and government restrictions on select pesticides, rat infestations have spiked in major cities across California, most notably Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, according to a report released on Tuesday?by a political action committee.

L.A. Mayor Disaster Preps
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Mayor Eric Garcetti called on residents to step up their disaster preparedness. He?s said many times, we should, ?be prepared, have a plan.? But now, he wants us to do more than be prepared at our home and workplace. He?s calling on us to organize the neighbors around our homes to add a first layer of support.