Over half a million people ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Laura looms

Laura could slam into land this week as a major storm with ferocious winds and deadly flooding.

• Aug 25, 2020

Hurricane Laura could make landfall as Category 3 storm

Forecasters say Hurricane Laura is unique because it is gaining strength so quickly and could unleash a surge of seawater more than 10 feet high when it makes landfall. Lonnie Quinn has the forecast.

• Aug 25, 2020
• 1:13

Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Laura

CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN to discuss the latest on Hurricane Laura, which is expected to strengthen before it makes landfall along the western Gulf Coast later this week.

• Aug 25, 2020
• 5:08

Back-to-back storms barrel toward Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Marco could be first to make landfall with now-Tropical Storm Laura a couple of days behind, likely as powerful hurricane.

• Aug 24, 2020

Tropical storms barrel toward the Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Laura has already had a deadly impact as it barrels toward the U.S. mainland, killing at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. As that system and Tropical Storm Marco churn toward the Gulf Coast, Janet Shamlian reports from New Orleans, where Louisiana's governor has warned the storms could pack a powerful "one-two punch."

• Aug 24, 2020
• 2:00

Marco and Laura churn toward mainland

A pair of dangerous storms in the Gulf of Mexico threaten the U.S. mainland. Recently-upgraded Hurricane Marco It is expected to make landfall on Monday. Not far behind is Laura, a tropical storm with the potential to grow to a hurricane. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN's Lana Zak to talk about the hurricane season.

• Aug 23, 2020
• 6:41

2 storms threaten the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Marco is barreling toward the Gulf Coast with Tropical Storm Laura not far behind. It could be a historic and devastating one-two punch with both making landfall this week, just days apart and miles from each other. Janet Shamlian reports.

• Aug 23, 2020
• 1:41

2 tropical storms threatening the Gulf Coast could make history

Both systems are forecast to make landfall next week along the Gulf Coast, one day apart and miles from each other.

• Aug 22, 2020

Steve Hartman meets an elementary school principal in Port Barre, La., whose road to success started in an unexpected place, but Gabe Sonnier will tell you his journey proves “it’s not where you start, it’s how you finish"

Steve Hartman meets an elementary school principal in Port Barre, La., whose road to success started in an unexpected place, but Gabe Sonnier will tell you his journey proves “it’s not where you start, it’s how you finish.”

• Feb 9, 2014
• 2:14

A recently burglarized New Orleans woman didn't just have her possessions stolen, her prized two-year-old Yorkshire Terrier was taken as well

A recently burglarized New Orleans woman didn't just have her possessions stolen, her prized two-year-old Yorkshire Terrier was taken as well. Now, Maisha Nash is on a mission to track down her missing dog Tinsel. Maisha Nash from WWL-TV reports.

• Dec 3, 2013
• 2:04

Building stronger communities through caring

Thanks to the vision of Mack McCarter and his faith-based Community Renewal International, residents in rich and poor areas of Shreveport, Louisiana are extending themselves to their neighbors, forging bonds in communities that have been torn down by bigotry, segregation and poverty. Lee Cowan reports on how McCarter's organization has been making friends out of strangers for more than 25 years, and looks at the evidence that proves an outstretched hand can work wonders.

• Jul 12, 2020
• 8:19

Rebuilding caring communities, block by block

Thanks to one man's vision, residents in rich and poor areas of Shreveport, La., are extending themselves to their neighbors, forging bonds in communities that have been marked by bigotry, segregation, poverty and isolation

• Jul 12, 2020

Supreme Court turns away challenges to abortion clinic buffer zones

The Supreme Court left intact the rules in Chicago and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

• Jul 2, 2020

8 cops indicted after alleged "unnecessary excessive force"

After attempting to stop a vehicle for alleged seat belt violations, the officers tased and beat two men who made "an apparent attempt to surrender without resistance," according to the district attorney.

• Jul 1, 2020

Louisiana abortion law struck down by SCOTUS

Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberal justices as the swing vote in a landmark case over abortion, disappointing conservatives. Jan Crawford reports.

• Jun 30, 2020
• 2:37

Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion restrictions

It's the court's first major abortion rights decision since two Trump appointees have taken the bench.

• Jun 29, 2020

Supreme Court strikes down abortion law

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana restrictions that could have forced many abortion clinics to close by requiring doctors have hospital admitting privileges. Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, joins CBSN to discuss the impact.

• Jun 29, 2020
• 8:44

Farms and fisheries hit hard by coronavirus

The Gulf Coast fishing industry is struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 is also exacting a high cost from Minnesota hog and soy farmers. CBS News is chronicling what has changed for the lives of residents of some of the biggest battleground states in 2020 amid the coronavirus outbreak. CBS News 2020 campaign reporters Tim Perry and Jack Turman join CBS News' Lana Zak to discuss their reporting.

• Jun 14, 2020
• 9:46

Gulf Coast fishing industry struggles to stay afloat amid pandemic

"It was just like a vacuum cleaner sucking the money out of the bank," said the owner of oldest continually operated oyster company in the U.S.

• Jun 14, 2020

Cristobal makes landfall, drenches Southeast

Tropical storm Cristobal made landfall Sunday, submerging entire neighborhoods and spinning two tornadoes. The storm has since been downgraded to a tropical depression, but forecasters said some parts of Louisiana and Mississippi could get as much as a foot of rain with storm surges of up to five feet. Jade Cunningham reports.

• Jun 8, 2020
• 1:33

Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall in Louisiana

Tropical-force winds will continue along the Gulf Coast from southeast Louisiana to Mississippi and Alabama, while storm surge and heavy rainfall is expected from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

• Jun 7, 2020

Tropical Storm Cristobal heads toward U.S. Gulf Coast

The storm is expected to slowly strengthen until it makes landfall, expected Sunday night along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

• Jun 6, 2020

Louisiana loses a football field of land an hour

Republican Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana is working with Democrats on the House Select Committee on Climate Change and has called the Green New Deal a "brainstorming exercise." He says Democrats and Republicans need to be able to discuss climate change in a bipartisan fashion. Graves joins CBSN to discuss.

• May 9, 2019
• 4:47

Trump swipes at Democrats in Louisiana

President Trump traveled to Louisiana on Tuesday to tour a natural gas facility and deliver a speech to workers. He criticized the Democratic presidential candidates for and called the Green New Deal a "hoax." Watch his remarks.

• May 14, 2019
• 28:40

Proposed abortion ban sponsored by Democrat

A bill in the Louisiana Legislature would ban abortions after six weeks, even in cases of rape and incest. Many women don't even know they're pregnant at that point. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian spoke to Democratic state Sen. John Milkovich, who's sponsoring the bill.

• May 28, 2019
• 0:49

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