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CBS News has obtained security footage from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office showing the moment 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday. Police have captured one inmate, but nine remain at large.
The Nottoway Plantation House, a sprawling mansion on a former Louisiana sugar plantation, was "the South's largest remaining antebellum mansion."
Authorities in New Orleans are searching for nine inmates after they escaped from Orleans Parish Jail on Friday morning. Police captured a 10th inmate in the afternoon and said an 11th inmate previously believed to have escaped was found in a different jail cell. CBS News reporter Kati Weis has the details.
Cleanup efforts continue on a major oil spill off Louisiana's Gulf Coast as crews rush to prevent further damage to the nearby ecosystem. It's still unclear how the leak from the well began. CBS News' Kati Weis has more.
Communities along the Mississippi River are facing a growing threat of saltwater intrusion from the Gulf. CBS News' Kati Weis reports on the impact on the seafood industry and concerns about the safety of New Orleans' drinking water.
Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University who was detained by ICE for 6 weeks in Louisiana, is back in Massachusetts.
While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.
Lawyers for Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, said she was denied bond by an immigration judge.
When a mother of two is found dead in her home, her father obtains death scene photos that help solve the case. "48 Hours" contributor David Begnaud reports
Key questions remain about the cause, how much oil was released and the extent of the spill's impacts.
A leaking well continues to spew a geyser of oil into waters off Louisiana's Gulf Coast.
Former federal disaster response specialists and national environmental groups warn that DOGE job cuts may hamper the response to a major oil spill off Louisiana's Gulf Coast this week, a leak that is fast contaminating marshlands and threatening vital wildlife habitats and fisheries. Kati Weis reports.
The Coast Guard is still working to contain a large oil spill in Louisiana that has been described to be spraying oil 30 to 40 feet up in the air. CBS News' Kati Weis reports.
Hundreds are working around the clock to try to clear an oil spill off the Louisiana coast. CBS News reporter Kati Weis has more.
In the summer of 2010, panic spread across the region when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf.
In the summer of 2010, panic spread across the Gulf Coast when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded offshore, causing 134 million gallons to gush into the water. Mark Strassmann reports on the ongoing recovery.
In an order, a federal judge wrote there was a "strong suspicion that the Government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."
We travel to Texas to learn how one nonprofit is on a mission to give every American access to clean water. Then, we go to the Gulf Coast, where two Louisiana natives are restoring the coastline with recycled glass. Watch these stories and more on Eye on America with host Michelle Miller.
Reginald Reed Sr. said he was playing video games with his son, Reginald "Reggie" Reed Jr., when his wife, Selonia Reed, was killed. But detectives doubt his story.
For most of his life, Reggie Reed has wondered who murdered his mother Selonia Reed decades ago in Hammond, Louisiana. A fresh look at the evidence ultimately implicated the man he called his "rock" — Reginald Reed Sr., the man who lovingly raised him.
An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled that the Trump administration can deport Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, despite his status as a permanent U.S. resident. In Maryland, a judge ordered the Justice Department to give daily updates about the efforts to return a man wrongly deported to El Salvador.
The name wasn't meant to be a political statement, but a symbol of the local community's connection to the environment.
Louisiana resident Adam Petersen was ahead of the curve when he named his Cajun charter fishing boat company "Gulf of America Outfitters." Three years later, he says business is booming. Mark Strassmann reports.
A federal judge has rejected a Trump administration bid to move Mahmoud Khalil's legal case to Louisiana.
The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether to leave in place Louisiana's congressional map that was used in the 2024 elections and includes two majority-Black districts. Jessica Levinson explains.
The Israeli prime minister told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil conditions outlined in the 20-point Gaza peace plan "are very clear."
The Senate once again fell short of the 60 votes necessary to advance a bill to reopen the government.
President Trump on Tuesday posthumously honored Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on what would have been Kirk's 32nd birthday.
Netanyahu is just fine with being described by President Trump as not "the easiest guy to deal with," he told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.
The return of Israeli hostages is a cornerstone of the Gaza peace plan, which called for Hamas to hand over all remaining hostages – 20 living and 28 dead – by Monday.
Another prosecutor was removed from a high-profile Justice Department outpost that is overseeing charges against Trump foes James Comey and Letitia James, a source told CBS News.
The State Department said Tuesday it has revoked six people's visas for making incendiary social media comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
D'Angelo's family said he died Tuesday after a "prolonged and courageous battle with cancer."
According to court records, Smithers met Christy Cowan and Denise Roach on different dates in May 1996 at a Tampa motel.