Louisiana

SpaceX to build $100 billion Starship rocket complex in Louisiana

The company's second Starbase campus will eventually launch thousands of Starship flights a year, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said.

The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026.
Mall of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; illustrative.

One killed, five wounded in shooting at Mall of Louisiana

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, US.

Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting

EMERGENCY SERVICES after a car rammed into a crowd in Louisiana, USA, injuring several.

Man arrested after vehicle slams into Louisiana crowd, injuring at least 15, sheriff's office says


Virginia shooting victim Mike Hollins leaves hospital

The shooter has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of malicious wounding and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

 University of Virginia in Charlottesville (Illustrative).

One dead, two injured in shooting at Louisiana high school graduation ceremony

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) announced that the "subject has been detained," while others at the scene are under questioning.

Police tape.

Louisiana governor to pardon plaintiff in landmark racial segregation case

Homer Plessy was arrested 1892, setting off a chain of events that led to the 1896 Supreme Court case.

AN AFRICAN AMERICAN uses a ‘colored’ water fountain in Segregation-era American South.

Hurricane Ida death toll in US Northeast rises to at least 50 victims

Hurricane Ida claimed at least 50 lives after devastating the northeastern United States last week. People are still missing after huge storm surges and hurricane-force winds tore through the region.

 The Shell Norco manufacturing facility is flooded after Hurricane Ida pummeled Norco, Louisiana, U.S., Aug. 30, 2021.

Evacuees urged not to return home after Hurricane Ida ravages Louisiana

With electricity, water, and hospitals still out of commission, evacuees who fled the powerful Gulf storm were told not to return home yet.

 Dartanian Stovall looks at the house that collapsed with him inside during the height of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., August 30, 2021.

Ida knocks out power to nearly all of Louisiana, more deaths feared

“We, New Orleanians, are resilient,” New Orleans Federation CEO tells ‘Post’. “We have been through this before and we will come out of this in a positive way.”

 A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.

Hurricane Ida slams Louisiana, weakens to tropical storm

Ida weakened into a tropical storm over southwestern Mississippi early on Monday, but it is expected to continue unleashing heavy downpours "likely to result in life-threatening" flooding.

 A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.

Holocaust teaching meets critical race theory: Debate grows in Louisiana

“You’re saying, ‘You have to teach the history of Holocaust, but you can’t teach the history of institutionalized, deeply embedded racism in the United States.’”

The bell outside the library in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, is all that remains of Benjamin's sugar cane plantation and antebellum mansion.

Trump tours city hit by Hurricane Laura, says state 'rebuilds fast'

The Category 4 hurricane killed at least 15 people, including some killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at Lake Charles Fire House as he visits nearby areas damaged by Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., August 29, 2020

Two synagogues burn down in Louisiana, no evidence of foul play

When firefighters arrived on the scene, the synagogue was already engulfed in a sea of flames. According to first responders, the fires were extended above the trees.

Lafayette, Louisiana