Fast food orders dip after calorie counts appear on menus

Soon after calories were posted on fast-food menus, people cut back a little bit on what they ordered. But it didn't last.

Potential listeria contamination leads to apples recall in 8 states

A county health department in Illinois says a Michigan company voluntarily is recalling nearly 2,300 cases of apples due to potential listeria contamination.

Saints pound Bears 36 to 25 at Soldier Field

Teddy Bridgewater threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints improved to 5-0 without injured starter Drew Brees with a 36-25 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.   

New Orleans implodes damaged cranes on partially collapsed Hard Rock hotel

After looming over the streets of New Orleans for over a week, two damaged cranes that leaned precariously over the remains of a partially collapsed hotel were brought down Sunday afternoon using a series of controlled explosions.

1 dead, 2 missing after hotel collapse in New Orleans

A large section of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans' historic French Quarter collapsed Saturday amid blinding dust and flying debris, killing one person, injuring more than 20 and leaving two unaccounted as rescue workers hastened to enter what was left of the largely unstable building.

High school turns down free lunch from Chick-fil-A due to its views on LGBTQ community

Lusher High School in New Orleans is gaining national attention for its decision to turn down food from Chick-fil-A because of their views on the LGBTQ community, according to a report from FOX 8.

3 arrested after dog found with back legs amputated, possibly having been sawed off

A Louisiana mother and daughter along with another teen were arrested for cruelty to animals after a 2-year-old dog was found in the pouring rain with its back legs amputated, possibly having been sawed off, according to police. 

Mom arrested after daughter allegedly brings THC-laced candy to school and shares it with classmates

A Louisiana woman was arrested after her 11-year-old daughter allegedly showed up to school with THC-laced gummy candies that she shared with her classmates, resulting in one child being taken to a hospital, according to local news reports.

New Orleans floods as Gulf Coast braces for torrential rains

A storm swamped streets in New Orleans and prompted a tornado warning near the city Wednesday as concerns grew that even worse weather, including a possible hurricane, could strike Louisiana and other states along the Gulf of Mexico within days.

‘That picture ugly': Wanted woman comments on her own mugshot posted by police

An attempted second-degree murder suspect in Louisiana clearly wasn’t feeling a mugshot posted by St. Martin Parish deputies on Facebook when she commented on the photo they posted asking followers to be on the lookout for her.

Dog dies after woman allegedly steals truck, leaves him locked inside in sweltering heat

Authorities say a woman in Louisiana allegedly stole a truck with a dog inside, and once the vehicle was located, the dog was found dead from apparent heat exhaustion.

Another Blue Bell ice cream licker

Another video of someone licking a tub of ice cream and placing it back on the store shelf has gone viral.

Coroner says woman died of THC overdose after smoking marijuana oil

A Louisiana woman who died in February was killed from THC overdose, according to a coroner who said he reached the conclusion this month from a toxicology report.