Louisiana

This might be the most adorable 'ambush' ever.

A Louisiana committee has approved a measure that would make abortion a crime of homicide, but opponents fear that's not all the legislation would do.

A 4-year-old girl is dead after her grandmother allegedly forced her to drink a bottle of whiskey while her mother watched, Baton Rouge Police said.

Janice David, 34, was choked, beaten, and stabbed in what police called a "very gruesome, very evil act" that was streamed live on social media.

Louisiana activated 300 National Guard personnel to clear roads and provide support after severe storms hit the area, spawning deadly tornadoes.

Authorities say the tornado that ripped through a suburb of New Orleans lifted one house into the air and dropped it onto the middle of a street with a family of three inside.

Multiple tornadoes spurred from a storm that moved across Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma Tuesday night.  

New Orleans Police said the victim, a 73-year-old woman, became entangled in her seatbelt and was dragged from the vehicle, resulting in her arm being severed from her body.

A disgraced Louisiana teacher will spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty to "horrific crimes" against children and admitted to serving her students cupcakes that contained sperm from her ex-husband.

A Louisiana mom and Air Force veteran pulled a gun on a man who tried to get into her car while she was sitting in gridlocked traffic with her 2-year-old son. Charise Taylor said she didn't fire her weapon, but was ready to do so in order to protect her child.

Democratic Senate Gary Chambers is calling for federal legalization

Police investigating the disappearance of a woman reported missing found a dismembered body in a freezer.

Dozens of suspects were arrested and five teenagers were found during “Operation Boo Dat,” an annual investigation that lasted from mid-October until Dec. 24 in the New Orleans metro area.

The driver in a Louisiana wrong-way crash that killed three siblings was determined to have been 3X over the legal alcohol limit, police said.

The U.S. Marshals rescued five missing teenagers and arrested 30 people, including 17 sex offenders, during a recent operation in the New Orleans area.

"The man was drunk as a skunk," the mother's Facebook post read. "You mutilated our daughter. You destroyed our family."

A shooting on the campus of Grambling State University claimed the life of one person and left many more wounded.