The estate of a late New Orleans YouTube star has filed a $20 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Beyonce over the use of his voice in her song "Formation."
The estate of Anthony Barre, who went by the name Messy Mya on YouTube, claims in (...)
As fans chanted her name Saturday in anticipation of her New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival debut, Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio strutted on stage wielding an electric guitar and sporting tight black shorts, tall black boots and red (...)
Bruce Springsteen has closed out the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival with a 2 ½-hour show that combined crowd-pleasers such as “Born to Run” with the cover tune of his new CD, “Wrecking Ball.”
Fans began staking out spots (...)
Actor Paul Walker is in New Orleans for the filming of the suspense thriller, “Hours,” about a father struggling to keep his newborn daughter alive in a New Orleans hospital ravaged during Hurricane Katrina.
“The Fast and the Furious” star plays (...)
A frog that can perch on the tip of your pinkie with room to spare has been claimed as the world's smallest vertebrate species, out-tinying a fish that got the title in 2006. But the discoverer of another weensy fish disputes the claim. A tempest in (...)
Alabama romped to another college football title by beating top-ranked Louisiana State 21-0 in the Bowl Championship Series title game Monday, using a smothering defense, a numbing barrage of field goals and one belated touchdown.
The Crimson Tide (...)
LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony are going home — and bringing friends with them.
With no end to the NBA lockout in sight, the All-Star group is set to lead a four-game “Homecoming Tour,” starting with a matchup in James' (...)
BP's broken oil well is not dead yet.
The government's point man on the crisis said Friday that the blown-out well is not securely plugged to his satisfaction and that the drilling of the relief well - long regarded as the only way to ensure that (...)
The rich fishing grounds of the Gulf of Mexico are beginning to reopen more than three months after crude began gushing from the sea floor. But those who harvest, process and sell the catch face a new crisis - convincing wary consumers it's not only (...)
BP finished pumping fresh cement into its blown-out oil well Thursday as aimed to seal for good the ruptured pipe that for months spewed crude into Gulf of Mexico in one of the world's worst spills.
A day before, crews forced a slow torrent of (...)
BP claimed a key victory Wednesday in the effort to plug its blown-out well as a government report said much of the spilled oil is gone - though what's left is still at least quadruple the amount that poured from the Exxon Valdez.
BP PLC reached (...)
On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.
Workers say the (...)
BP gas station owners across America are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand US outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.
Some (...)
Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen and later became a cult hero with Big Star, died Wednesday. He was 59.
Chilton died at a hospital in New Orleans after experiencing what appeared to be heart problems, said his (...)
The New Orleans Saints are heading to their first Super Bowl after battering Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 in overtime Sunday on unheralded Garrett Hartley's 40-yard field goal.
The Saints (15-3) will meet the Peyton Manning and the (...)
The New Orleans Saints crushed the Super Bowl runner-up Arizona Cardinals 45-14 in the NFL playoffs Saturday to host the NFC title game for the first time.
The Saints will play either the Minnesota Vikings or Dallas Cowboys, who meet Sunday.
Drew (...)
Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he's staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career.
The artist returned to his hometown of New Orleans for a (...)
The New Orleans Saints' shot at a perfect NFL season ended Saturday when they were beaten 24-17 by the Dallas Cowboys.
The Saints suffered their first defeat of the season after 13 successive wins, leaving the Indianapolis Colts – 14-0 after a win (...)
The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive “dumbos” that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.
A report (...)
Darren Sharper returned one of his two interceptions of Mark Sanchez 99 yards for a score and Will Smith forced a fumble in the end zone to produce a second defensive touchdown as New Orleans handed the New York Jets their first loss of the (...)
Drew Brees tied a Saints record with six touchdown passes and threw for 358 yards in a 45-27 New Orleans victory Sunday that extended the Detroit Lions' regular-season losing streak to 18.
Two of Brees' touchdown passes went to Jeremy Shockey, who (...)
The idea of Brad Pitt running for New Orleans mayor has generated a lot of buzz around the city even though he isn't eligible. It also generated some laughs for the actor in a Thursday television interview.
Many residents have been sporting “Brad (...)
Actress Sandra Bullock was inducted Friday into a New Orleans high school's “Hall of Fame” after donating tens of thousands toward rebuilding the public school heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Bullock took the auditorium stage at (...)
Thousands gathered under blue skies Saturday to hear the music of neo-soul artist Erykah Badu, who took the stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival burning a stick of incense and wearing a lavender kimono.
“My eyes are green,” she cooed (...)
Ron Artest scored all of his 18 points in the second half as the Houston Rockets overcame the absence of giant Chinese center Yao Ming in a 95-84 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night.
Luis Scola and Aaron Brooks each scored 14 (...)