The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates helped tame inflation ...

Himbola Manor Apartments was fined over $30,000 for violations to the city’s code of ordinances at an adjudication hearing Wednesday.

Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused ...

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La’Quetta, the city’s superintendent of schools, have been indicted on child endangerment and other charges ...

Storm Team 10 and the National Hurricane Center will be monitoring the western Caribbean Sea for tropical development in the coming days.

A range of stars from the stage, screen and sport paid tribute Tuesday to former President Jimmy Carter ahead of his 100th birthday, the eclectic lineup meant to highlight the 39th ...

A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, ...

It was a bittersweet moment for Councilman Francis Touchet Jr. as Tuesday marked his last council meeting after 22 years of service.

Harvey Weinstein is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Manhattan on a new indictment charging him with up to three additional sex offenses, his lawyer said. Weinstein’s lawyer ...

A top supplier of digital devices in U.S. prisons is launching a new program to help incarcerated individuals earn a high school diploma by using the company’s tablets.

Morgan City residents expressed concerns that the city’s water pumps were not turned on in time when Hurricane Francine hit lower Louisiana last week, but the city’s mayor says that is ...

A second teen has been arrested in connection with the deadly shooting at a Lafayette barbershop in late August, the ...