I walked along the sidewalk beyond the library to the Lawless Chapel on the Dillard University campus and paused when I saw a ...

Authorities expressed confidence Sunday about the prospect of capturing seven of 10 escaped New Orleans inmates who remain at large, possibly before the end of the night. Federal, state and local ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — At least a dozen law enforcement agencies entered the third day of a manhunt on Sunday for seven of the 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a ...

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.

New Orleans jailbreak sheriff asks for DA to be removed from probe into security breach. The reward for the arrest of the two remaining inmates, Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves, who broke out of ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Officials on Sunday increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet. FBI Special Agent ...

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.

Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans, La. Google Maps Street View Hutson questioned the timing of the breach during a heated press briefing Friday evening. "Why did it happen just right now ...

A search is underway for a group of escaped inmates in New Orleans. Getty Images/iStockphoto Eleven inmates escaped a New Orleans jail Friday, May 16, and 10 remained at large as of 4 p.m. ET ...