Just walking into the French Quarter, you are being watched. It's not just by tourists or business owners, but by facial ...

WDSU investigates the tool that has helped catch fugitives but sparked a fierce debate over privacy, power and public trust.

A study published in the journal Science Advances found some parts of New Orleans may be sinking, though most of the city is remaining level.

Parts of New Orleans, including its international airport, are sinking nearly 2 inches per year, according to a new study. Wetlands and parts of the city's levee system are sinking, too.

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — Once known as the murder capital, New Orleans has reduced violent crime to new levels. Since the ...

Swaggart died at the age of 90 in Baton Rouge, LA—two weeks after his son, Donnie, revealed he was in the hospital.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following ...

New Orleans is considering easing restrictions on the police use of facial recognition, weeks after The Washington Post reported that police there secretly relied on a network of AI-powered ...

Critics of the New Orleans Police Department's use of facial recognition cameras said that the average citizen should understand that they are not opting in or are being made aware that they are ...

NEW ORLEANS — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Louisiana are raising urgent concerns following an investigation that shows the New Orleans Police Department has secretly used real-time ...

In the US, New Orleans stands out for taking a step further than law enforcement in other regions by using live feeds from facial recognition cameras to make immediate arrests, the Post noted.

NEW ORLEANS — For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied on facial recognition technology to scan city streets in search of suspects, a surveillance method without a known precedent in ...