This article was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for its public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making preparations in case the virus becomes a more immediate threat.

Sid Edwards was a high school football coach who had never run for office. Now, he’s the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s second-largest city.

A Louisiana sheriff says law enforcement fatally shot an armed man who killed his wife and toddler in his home.

In fact, Cecilia Kjellgren, the honorary Swedish consul for Louisiana, counts it as one of the highlights of Louisiana's Swedish culture. Though her district also includes Mississippi and Alabama, Kjellgren is based in New Orleans.

Police records and official law enforcement statements confirm TdA-linked crime and arrests have occurred in 22 U.S. states.

With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras coming, Gov. Jeff Landry is using the emergency order from the New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street to remove the homeless from downtown.

At the rally, former Louisiana State Sen ... as the lead national correspondent for "CBS Mornings," based in New York City.

The storm prompted the first-ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border, and snowplows were at the ready in the Florida Panhandle.

New Orleanians Givonna Joseph and Patrick Quigley were guests of honor Wednesday at a small gathering on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

It had been more than a decade since snow last fell on New Orleans. Tuesday’s rare snowfall set a record in the city, where 10 inches (25 centimeters) fell in some places, far surpassing its record of 2.7 inches (6.8 centimeters) set Dec. 31, 1963, the National Weather Service said.

About 265 million Americans, or nearly 80% of the population, are under cold weather alerts on Tuesday, as dangerous temperatures are felt in at least 43 states.

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.