The United States emerged from the Revolutionary War with its independence, but the young nation remained vulnerable to foreign powers. Both France and Spain claimed territory west of the original ...

Nebraska’s Capitol City’s name sake, Abraham Lincoln, gave his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861. The First Congregational United Church of Christ is listed on the National Register of Historic ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The United States Senate ratified a landmark treaty that doubled the size of the country and fundamentally changed its trajectory on Oct. 14, 1803. It was on that date that the ...

Louisiana was accepted by Congress as a state on April 30, 1812, however, the territory had been occupied more than 100 years before its statehood. Spain is attributed as the first European nation to ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Louisiana’s controversial congressional map is back before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, Oct. 15 in a case that could fundamentally alter how voting districts are drawn ...

Writing that it “wants out of this abhorrent system of racial discrimination,” Louisiana on Wednesday told the Supreme Court in the case of Louisiana v. Callais to leave in place a ruling by a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order to reargue the case of Louisiana v. Callais and will later issue an order scheduling the argument and specifying any additional ...

Louisiana is known as a "Sportsman's Paradise," with the state being a popular destination for hunting, fishing and outdoor activities with its abundant wildlife and a unique landscape. Within the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Ever since Louisiana was ordered to create a second congressional district that accurately represents our state's Black voter population, it's been a nonstop fight. On Tuesday, Louisiana ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The U.S. Supreme Court took up the legality of Louisiana’s new congressional map on Monday (March 24), and whatever the high court decides will have far-reaching implications.

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of ...