Thousands of demonstrators — at least 6,500, organizers estimated — marched through New Orleans on Saturday as part of “No Kings Day,” a coordinated nationwide protest against authoritarianism and political overreach.

The local rally begins with a parade at the corner of Mandeville and Decatur streets and will end at Washington Square Park on Elysian Fields Avenue. Organizers say the event will include local speakers and performances by New Orleans-based bands. The protest is expected to begin around 2 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS — Rain is moving through the area, bringing the potential for street flooding. A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for parts of the New Orleans Metro until 7:15PM. Watch LIVE RADAR as storms move through the area.

A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy violated its owners’ constitutional rights but had qualified immunity, a federal jury found.

The city would become first in the United States to formally allow facial recognition as a tool for surveilling residents in real time.

Colorful floats and dancing filled the French Quarter for the 2025 NOLA Pride Parade despite Saturday’s storms.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - ICE agents in New Orleans detained the wife of a Marine veteran, while her husband says they were following the rules to get her green card. Court records show she had a final order of removal, which her family says she didn’t know about, and she is now being held at a detention facility in Monroe.

Agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation and US Marshals arrested a former correctional center employee Monday who is accused of helping one of the two New Orleans prison escapees still on the run plan the brazen escape.

MEANWHILE, AS A SEARCH FOR THE TWO REMAINING INMATES WHO BROKE OUT OF THE ORLEANS PARISH JUSTICE CENTER IS NEARING FOUR WEEKS. ALL NEW AT NOON, WE’VE GOT A NEW MESSAGE FROM THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.