Ferguson Supreme Court case (the Cabildo was once the site of the Louisiana Supreme Court). Now a museum, the Cabildo ...

The final version of the Declaration of Independence begins with the phrase: “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the document in June 1776 ...

The Louisiana governor has ordered all flags statewide be flown at half-staff to honor a fallen St. Tammany Parish deputy.

It seems Illinois might not be getting a new state flag after all. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday more people prefer Illinois' current state flag than any of the proposed ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person ...

FILE - Vehicles enter at the main security gate at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File) An undated photo provided by The Promise of Justice ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions ...

RIGHT NOW, WE’RE TOLD THAT SERGEANT MANDES WILL BE THE SIXTH DEPUTY TO DIE IN THE LINE The Louisiana governor has ordered all flags statewide be flown at half-staff to honor a fallen St. Tammany ...

a proposal was heard that aims to resurrect the retired Minnesota state flag. The bill — authored by 22 House Republicans — would allow the flying of the "historic state flag" at the Capitol ...