Offshore Lift Boat Flipped While Lowering Legs, Turning May 20, 2021 By Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An offshore oil industry boat had begun to lower its legs and was trying to turn... Read More
Heavy Rains in Texas, Louisiana Add to Misery in Flood Zones May 20, 2021 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Heavy rain kept pounding parts of Texas and Arkansas before moving over Louisiana on Wednesday,... Read More
Pilot Failed to Control Plane in Texas Crash That Killed 10 May 20, 2021 ADDISON, Texas (AP) — A pilot’s failure to control a small airplane when it lost thrust in one of two... Read More
Heavy Rains Hammer Southern Louisiana with More to Come May 19, 2021 LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Roads were flooded, water-logged cars abandoned in the street and high water vehicles dispatched to... Read More
Tornado Rips Off Roofs, Knocks Out Power in New Orleans May 14, 2021 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A tornado ripped off roofs, knocked down utility polls and cut off power to thousands in... Read More
Hurricane That Hit Louisiana in 2020 Was Category 3, Not 2 May 13, 2021 By Rebecca Santana NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta, which swept through southeast Louisiana at the tail end of the 2020 hurricane season,... Read More
In Rare Policyholder Win, Texas Judge Refuses to Dismiss Theater Chain’s COVID Lawsuit May 6, 2021 By Jim Sams A federal judge in Sherman, Texas on Wednesday ruled against an insurer that sought to dismiss a $500 million COVID-19... Read More
Hidden Super Polluters Revealed in Wake of Texas Energy Crisis May 3, 2021 By Kevin Crowley The polar blast in Texas earlier this year revealed a dirty secret in the most prolific U.S. oil field: Two... Read More
Berkshire Defends $8B Texas Power Proposal to Combat Blackouts May 3, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday defended its $8 billion proposal to build natural gas plants in Texas to help reduce... Read More
Determined Volunteers Still Search for Missing Capsized Ship May 3, 2021 By Rebecca Santana COCODRIE, La. (AP) — The volunteers gather around a map, suntanned fingers tracing over the bayous, lakes and islands where... Read More