COVINGTON, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced a legal victory against Joiner’s Tree Service, LLC, and its owner, Jeffery Darren Joiner, over allegations of price gouging ...

Hurricane Melissa, a devastating Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph as of Monday morning, Oct. 27, ...

Editor's note: Follow Melissa's latest forecast and path track in USA TODAY's coverage on Saturday, Oct. 25. On the afternoon of Friday Oct. 24, Tropical Storm Melissa continues to spin in the central ...

Editor's note: Track the latest forecasts for Hurricane Melissa with USA TODAY's storm tracker for Saturday, Oct. 25. The National Hurricane Center reports Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane in ...

Weather experts are tracking when the next hurricane could impact the United States in October as the 2025 hurricane season does not end until the end of November. As Lorenzo develops as a tropical ...

Hello, Invest 98L. A system is brewing in the tropics that may or may not become the next named storm this hurricane season. On Sunday, Oct. 19, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, was ...

As thousands of New Orleans voters head to the polls this weekend to decide their new leaders, Jefferson Parish only has one item on the ballot: the new mayor of Jean Lafitte, a coastal town of around ...

Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of ...

A major international airport in Jamaica will close on Saturday night as Hurricane Melissa closes in on the island, officials announced. The Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston will be ...

Jamaican officials issued dire warnings Saturday as Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the island, poised to become the strongest storm ever recorded there. Melissa reached Category 4 status Sunday ...

Legal basement apartments are finally coming to New York City. Last week, the Department of Buildings launched an online application for homeowners who want to modify their basements — and also their ...