Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act, voiding Louisiana congressional map
The Supreme Court rule 6-3 in a decision that has implications for the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act.
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The Supreme Court rule 6-3 in a decision that has implications for the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act.
Police said the shooting appeared to have happened after two groups of people got into an argument in the mall's food court.
Authorities say a former police officer was arrested in Florida after allegedly planning a mass shooting targeting attendees at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, where investigators say he had a weapon, ammunition and made racist threats before being extradited to Louisiana.
The gunman, who is also dead, shot 10 people in total, according to police. All eight who died were children from 3 to 11 years old, police said.
Officials said the incident does not appear to be an intentional act based on a preliminary investigation.
Deaths and power outages were reported across numerous states due to a monster storm across much of the country.
Officials in Louisiana say one of two inmates accused of violent crimes was recaptured after an audacious escape.
The prison picked nearly 30 inmates to participate in the "father-daughter" dance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.
Donald Glover, who performs under the moniker Childish Gambino, revealed he suffered a stroke last year, which forced him to cancel his tour.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Louisiana's intentional creation of a second majority-Black district violates the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Vibrio vulnificus is a bacteria that occurs in warm coastal waters or raw seafood. It can cause necrotizing fasciitis, a life-threatening illness.
While Hurricane Katrina's toll didn't become clear for days, the storm ultimately led to nearly 1,400 deaths, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States, first formed as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa.
ICE officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment.
Republican leaders from 17 other states Tuesday filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court backing Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's push to enforce a law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter Florida.
Inmates Lenton Vanburen, Leo Tate and Jermaine Donald were captured Monday, Attorney General Liz Murrill said.
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."
Rapper Kendrick Lamar headlined the much-anticipated Super Bowl 2025 halftime show.
A Louisiana state law passed just last year bans the very policies that make New Orleans a sanctuary city, the only one in the Gulf states.
Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Gerald Sticker said the two had met on a gaming platform.
More than half of all U.S. gun deaths are suicides — and suicide by gun is even more frequent among veterans.
Home insurance premiums have at times risen 40% faster than inflation. Extreme weather events are likely to make the expense worse.
The National Hurricane Center said Francine, a hurricane when it hit land, was weakening rapidly but was still a heavy rainmaker across several Gulf Coast states.
According to the lawsuit, residents moved in to find shattered glass on balconies, unsealed concrete, and chunks of concrete falling to the ground.
President Trump on Friday told Congress that hostilities with Iran have "terminated," addressing a critical 60-day deadline.
Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon were last seen in the Tampa area on April 16. Limon's roommate has been charged with their murders.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
Jurors found Republican David Rivera and an associate, Esther Nuhfer, guilty on all counts.
According to the lawsuit, residents moved in to find shattered glass on balconies, unsealed concrete, and chunks of concrete falling to the ground.
President Trump on Friday told Congress that hostilities with Iran have "terminated," addressing a critical 60-day deadline.
Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon were last seen in the Tampa area on April 16. Limon's roommate has been charged with their murders.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
Jurors found Republican David Rivera and an associate, Esther Nuhfer, guilty on all counts.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
President Trump on Friday told Congress that hostilities with Iran have "terminated," addressing a critical 60-day deadline.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
Hundreds of foreign doctors about to complete training in the U.S. will have to leave the country if the federal government doesn't rapidly process their visa waiver applications, immigration attorneys say.
The Trump administration is proposing wastewater testing to try to ferret out data on illegal drug use in real time, according to a draft of a new drug control strategy obtained by CBS News. It also proposes using AI to track threats.
Seven seconds passed between when the alleged gunman at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner — carrying a shotgun initially concealed by a jacket — first encountered federal law enforcement and when he was subdued, sources told CBS News.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.