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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Eager to prove their pro-lifecredentials in the increasingly Republican South, conservativelawmakers are pushing to define a fetus as a person from the momentof conception and spur a direct challenge to the U.S. SupremeCourt's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision.By defining "personhood," legislatures in Louisiana andAlabama are effectively considering whether to ban abortion, evenin ...

New Orleans, LA - Jefferson Parish authorities have arrested an employee at Izzo's Illegal Burrito in Metairie on charges of voyeurism and child pornography after a camera was discovered hidden in the ladies' room.Abel Saravia, 27, of Metairie, allegedly hid a camera under a sink in the restaurant's restroom, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Col. John Fortunato.  Fortunato ...

Members of the NOPD's Homicide Division are investigating the shooting death of a 26-year-old man. The offense occured Sunday night, just before 8:00 in the 2100 block of Rousseau St. The identity of the victim will be released after family members have been identified. Police say that officers arrived on the scene to find the man sitting in the driver's seat ...

The FOX 8 Defenders have analyzed tax returns for Elijah Christian Ministries after recent questions about how Pastor Elijah Mealancon is spending the Road Home money entrusted to him by elderly women. The returns answer some of FOX 8's questions, but also leave us asking a lot of new ones. Pastor Elijah Mealancon has repeatedly vowed he's not paid for ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans police officer convicted of helping a fellow officer cover up a handyman's fatal beating has lost his bid for a post-trial acquittal. In a ruling filed Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon said it was reasonable for jurors to conclude that Officer Matthew Dean Moore took ...

U.S. government forecasters are predicting several major storms could form this hurricane season that starts June 1st, and with a very high river level in New Orleans, some wonder if the area is more at risk early in the season.While the 2011 hurricane season prediction is not as extreme as last year, federal forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...