The voice of the Mississippi still sings in New Orleans, a place where umbrellas dance, booze mingles with beignets, the irreverent holds hands with the sacred, and the dead sleep among the living.

The New Orleans prison worker who was arrested for allegedly helping 10 violent inmates break out last week claimed one of the prisoners threatened to “shank” him if he didn’t assist them.

The fifth of 10 inmate escapees who fled a New Orleans jail has been recaptured, authorities said Tuesday. Corey Boyd, who was briefly spotted last Friday hours after the jailbreak, was taken into ...

Investigators in New Orleans are tracking dozens of leads in the search for five missing escaped inmates. Police have arrested four women who officials say aided the men avoid capture. Kati Weis ...

Fourteen people were killed in the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street. Bomb-making materials linked to the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans were recovered by FBI agents and local law ...

FBI increased reward to $10K per escaped inmate 7 inmates remain at large after jail break in New Orleans Escape blamed on defective locks and possible internal help Multiagency task force leading ...

A proposal making its way through the Louisiana Legislature would give the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans the authority to impose a new stormwater fee on all developed parcels in the city, ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is calling the New Year's Day mass casualty incident that killed 10 people and injured 30 a "terrorist attack." The FBI is investigating what ...

Food experts have ranked New Orleans as the best food city in the world, and that's no surprise to locals and tourists who love the diverse cuisine found in the Big Easy. Time Out, a media group ...

While celebrating a sudden death playoff win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, McIlroy got up on stage with partner Shane Lowry and belted out a rendition of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing ...

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now in its 55th year, takes place from April 24 to May 4 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...