NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, "Pressing Onward," and how her childhood singing in the church ...

Artist and poet José Torres-Tama created his new Katrina @ 20 exhibition: No Papers! No Fear!, which opens on Friday, to commemorate the immigrants who  contributed to an epic New Orleans rebirth — ...

As the country continues to deal with the fallout of the infamous Jeffery Epstein files, The Root is taking a closer look at some of the most polarizing conspiracy theories in American history.

Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has ...

A comment made during a recent sheriff candidate forum has ignited debate over New Orleans’ status as a "sanctuary city" and ...

A trial began Monday under tight security for 19 defendants accused of involvement in last year’s shooting rampage in a ...

Experts also warn of increasing financial strain on ISIS, with fighter salaries hitting record lows and new covert methods ...

The suspect, identified as Sgt. Quornelius Samentrio Radford, 28, was subdued by nearby soldiers after he began shooting with a personal handgun, striking coworkers, according to Brig. Gen. John Lubas ...

Senegalese authorities on Saturday positioned new gendarmerie units near the country’s eastern border, to address growing ...

The search for a former U.S. soldier suspected of killing four people at a bar in Montana stretched into a fifth day, with deputies scouring the mountainous terrain by foot and air after the man ...

Over a five-month period, the man sent a total of $1,615 to two intermediaries overseas, according to Western Union records ...

Montana's Attorney General warned the suspect "is an unstable individual who walked in and murdered four people in cold blood ...