New Orleans City Council members plan to investigate the impacts of a new Louisiana law that will restrict common pregnancy medications that can also induce abortions.

There were birds everywhere—hundreds of egrets and ibis, and laughing gulls overhead—and one bird that you can't typically see from land.

President Joe Biden has approved Louisiana’s request for a major disaster declaration in the wake of Hurricane Francine, Gov. Jeff Landry announced Tuesday.

More relief is coming for Louisiana taxpayers who were affected by Hurricane Francine.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ER physician Jennifer Avegno, who heads the New Orleans Health Department, about a law classifying abortion drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as controlled substances.

The IRS is giving Louisiana taxpayers more time to file their tax returns and make payments as they recover from Francine.

There have been no storm-related deaths attributed to Hurricane Francine, which hit Louisiana as a Category 2 storm Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said at a media briefing Thursday.

Francine knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses after it tore through Louisiana as a hurricane on Wednesday.

Francine weakened to a tropical depression Thursday, after sweeping into the Louisiana coast, and bringing life-threatening storm surge and power outages to the state.

Francine weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday evening after making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane.

Many Louisiana residents will need to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Francine, which is forecast to hit the coast as a Category 1 storm Wednesday afternoon or evening.