The judge scheduled a hearing for May 16 to try to clear up the serious concern that the government deported a US citizen ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...

The route will connect New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, with twice-daily trains and four stops across Mississippi.

Amtrak is planning a new route between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La., twice daily called "Mardi Gras Service." ...

Amtrak’s new route, the Mardi Gras Service, is launching in New Orleans this summer, bringing train travel back to the scenic ...

When deciding names for its trains, Amtrak has a tendency to choose ones that are regionally-focused, as proven by the titles ...

It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in South Louisiana have a complicated relationship with the long-standing ...

In addition to connecting New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, Amtrak hopes the new service will expand tourism in several Gulf ...

Senate Bill 1717 would require the name of Gulf of Mexico to be changed in every official reference made by a state agency, ...

The BP oil spill happened 15 years ago. It is still considered one of the worst environmental disasters this country has ever ...

More tornadoes than usual have already struck the U.S. in 2025—and many of them have been touching down farther east than ...

Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a ...