Missy Wilkinson

Hurricane Melissa is heading for the northern Caribbean but will spare Louisiana. The storm has already killed at least three people in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic.

"What is our objective? To defend the Constitution from those who think they are above it," said speaker Alanah Odoms, executive director for ACLU Louisiana. "You know why? Because we have a Constitution, not a king."

"Several of us lifted the car off," the witness said in an emailed statement. "We thought he was going to be OK, but are stunned and absolutely heartbroken."

Police responded to a shooting in the 7200 block of Cannonbury Drive at around 7:35 a.m. Saturday. They found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds.

Police responded to a shooting in the 7200 block of Cannonbury Drive at around 7:35 a.m. Saturday. They found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds.

Carl Morgan, a sous chef at Brennan’s, was fatally shot in a Mid-City carjacking while picking up his son. Colleagues remember him as a gifted chef and devoted dad.

Police responded to the shooting at around 5:43 p.m. in the 12900 block of Ashland Drive, in the Seventh District. A man was pronounced dead on the scene.

Jessica Williams, 33, a mother of two and hospital worker, died at the scene.

Feliciana Winniford, 38, is being held on a $750,000 bond after she was accused of killing 72-year-old Ralph Yarborough in a Rampart Street hotel room, where police say his hands were bound and his head covered with a plastic bag.

New Orleans police say the victim suffered blunt force trauma to his body. Here's what we know.