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Under fire from anti-abortion protesters this week and vilified in the state Legislature, Planned Parenthood supporters remained resolute Wednesday that they will build a 7,000 square-foot health clinic on South Claiborne Avenue "no matter what." "No matter what outrageous things they say about Planned Parenthood, and we have heard some doozies ... (more)

President Barack Obama gave the 129th commencement address speech on a wet and rainy Sunday afternoon, May 19th, at Morehouse College .

April 27, 2012: Seattle Police officer Reuben Omelanchuk is at the controls of the department's new, small radio-controlled Draganflyer X6 drone with a camera attached, in Seattle.

Drew Dunn, right, catches a sandbag from Randy Matherne while Derek Porche grabs another bag from a truck on Bayou Gauche Sept.

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said Friday that she will introduce legislation soon to delay implementation of a 2012 flood insurance law that is leading to sharply higher premiums for policyholders.

Reps. Cedric Richmond, left, and Steve Scalise, have different views on whether the House is wasting time by holding another repeal, or defund vote on the Affordable Care Act.

"This is serious... I can'A t see how they can let this happen." -- St. Charles Parish President V.J. St.

We made it through prime tax-filing season with the Internal Revenue Service's proposal to regulate tax professionals in legal limbo.

Congressman Cedric Richmond will hold a town hall meeting in St. John the Baptist Parish to discuss local flood protection issues on Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m. The town hall will be held at the St.

Dave Royce drags an inflatable raft behind while Thomas Bradshaw and son David Royce, towing kayak, follow, on Sept.

The positions of Rep. Cedric Richmond and Sen. Mary Landrieu on same-sex marriage disappoints one advocate.

Reps. Steve Scalise , R-Jefferson and Cedric Richmond , D-New Orleans, are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to work with state and local officials as it move forward to implement new rate maps for the federal flood insurance program.

Since mid-March, when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed marriage equality in a YouTube video, 11 Democratic senators have formalized their "evolution" on the issue in a series of interviews, statements, Facebook posts, and Tumblr entries.

Back in February, a sense of grief swept the entire New Orleans community when the Sisters of Blessed Sacrament, a Pennsylvania-based order, announced it would close the all-girls Xavier University Preparatory High School at the end of the school year due to uncertain financial sustainability.