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High risk, high reward: How Wall Street cashes in on hurricane risks in Louisiana

In recent years, as Louisiana’s insurer of last resort found it more difficult — and expensive — to buy protection from major hurricanes, its leaders waded into a niche corner of the global financial industry.

How tiny Bermuda influences prices of Louisiana home insurance: 'A slow-moving catastrophe'

Another former Baton Rouge charter school official facing Louisiana ethics charges

Baton Rouge Senior Olympian Julia 'Hurricane' Hawkins dies at 108

These are the celebrities we think may show up for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in New Orleans

Taylor Swift has sold out massive arenas, stimulated local economies and brought together millions of people with different beliefs and backgrounds for her record-breaking Eras Tour.

Baton Rouge officer indicted after fatally crashing into deaf motorist while racing to a call

A grand jury recently indicted a Baton Rouge police officer for her role in a 2023 crash that killed a deaf man.

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Another former Baton Rouge charter school official facing Louisiana ethics charges

For the second time in a month, a former board member for a charter school network in Baton …

Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge is voting on changes to the Plan of Government. What does that mean?

Baton Rouge voters have a proposition on their ballots this election to amend the parish's P…

Courts

Baton Rouge officer suspended after internal review shows he used Taser on handcuffed teen

A Baton Rouge police officer tied to BRAVE Cave abuse allegations served a weeklong suspensi…

Breast cancer and nutrition: What to know about lowering your risk

Breast cancer is a topic that stirs up a range of emotions—fear, vulnerability, uncertainty.…

Environment

With massive coastal project stalled, feds demand answers from Louisiana

The letter regarding the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion puts further pressure on the state…

State Politics

Louisiana early voting is running high, but Democratic, Black turnout lagging compared to 2020.

Nearly identical to the 2020 presidential election, over a quarter-million Louisiana voters …

Sports

LSU's chance to take first place headlines our five topics for Week 9 of SEC action

In Week 8, Georgia handled Texas, Tennessee toppled Alabama at home, and Florida was surprisingly explosive on offense in a big win over Kentucky.

Rod Walker: Dejounte Murray's fractured hand the latest 'here we go again' moment for Pelicans

If you’re a sports fan in New Orleans, you should’ve known a night like Wednesday was probably too good to be true.

Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray feared to have suffered fractured hand in debut with team

In his New Orleans Pelicans debut, Dejounte Murray nearly had a triple-double.

Special Reports

Collapsed: An insurance market in crisis

Louisiana 2050: Rising seas will upend life. Time is running out to limit the impact.

A special report from The Times-Picayune | The Advocate examines Louisiana's perilous future…

Louisiana Inspired: Uplifting stories about your community

Louisiana Inspired is a weekly Sunday feature that focuses on people and organizations in Louisiana who are working toward solving problems and making the world a better place.

Louisiana 2050: Explore the perilous future of our coast with maps and data

Louisiana may be the state most at risk from climate change, and the year 2050 could prove t…

Entertainment

That time the devil came to St. Tammany Parish: Remembering the 1980s satanic panic

As Halloween reminds us, everybody loves a good blood-curdling horror story — as long as it’s all make-believe. But just let a bunch of Satan worshippers pop up in the bucolic Ozone Belt north of Lake Pontchartrain and, well, all hell breaks loose.

Breast cancer rates in Louisiana are higher than the national average. See parish-specific data.

Louisiana averaged 130.4 cases of breast cancer per 100,000 people, including all stages from 2017 to 2021.

Louisiana actress Brooke Hoover returns to 'What Would You Do?' for third time tonight

After a 12-year gap, Baton Rouge native Brooke Hoover makes her third appearance on ABC's "What Would You Do?" at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Opinions

Walt Handelsman: Swift answers

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Faimon Roberts: This rural Louisiana sheriff wants to change the way his agency works. Here's how.

In July, two Washington Parish sheriff's deputies were called to the home of an 83-year-old man who was struggling with depression and had threatened to harm himself.