Deputies discovered the body of a 40-year-old woman and a 2-year-old child when they arrived at the residence in River Ridge, Louisiana, just outside of New Orleans, Lopinto said. Officers then found ...

Jefferson Parish Coroner Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich called the scene one of the “most gruesome and sad” he’s ever worked.

As of 4 a.m. Wednesday, the “new bridge” over the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to Port Allen was still closed in both ...