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NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints have added depth to their backfield by signing former Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to the practice squad, the team announced Wednesday. The move comes as uncertainty looms over star running back Alvin Kamara's availability for Monday's game against the Green...

Health officials on Wednesday confirmed the first known severe illness in the U.S. caused by bird flu, and California's governor declared a state of emergency as the virus rampages through dairy cattle in that state. A person in Louisiana is hospitalized in critical condition with severe respiratory symptoms caused by ...

NEW YORK (AP) - A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday. The patient had been in contact with sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Agency officials didn't immediately detail the person's sy...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Several people were injured Tuesday morning after foggy conditions contributed to several car crashes that forced the closure of the 24-mile-long (38.6-kilometer-long) bridge connecting the north and south shores of southeast Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain. By early evening, both spans had reopened. ...

Update: At the community forum held Tuesday night, the Concordia Parish School Board unanimously voted down the proposed changes from the US Dept of Justice which would merge schools and change attendance zones. The board also unanimously voted to enter into a cooperative endeavor with the Louisiana Attorney General's ...

Adams County supervisors have set aside leftover funds to determine later how to spend what county board president Kevin Wilson said could total as much as $700,000 or so. The funds are from $6 million the county received from the American Rescue Plan Act enacted in 2021. The U.S. Congress passed ARPA to help local go...

LSU has received a transfer commitment from former Mississippi State freshman quarterback Michael Van Buren. Van Buren, who has three years of college football eligibility remaining, announced his decision through the On3 website and a social media post on Sunday - four days after LSU starter Garrett Nussmeier announce...

NEW YORK (AP) - Two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, punctuating a tireless performance all season by a dynamic player with a unique combination of skills. The wide receiver and lockdown cornerback dominated on both sides of the ball for coach Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes,...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - City aldermen have hired the Gillon Christian Mosby accounting firm to do the annual audits of Natchez finances. The CPA group is replacing the Silas Simmons firm, which city officials have complained has been consistently late in finishing the annual audits required by law. With the Board of Aldermen ...