Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The former mayor of a Louisiana city has been convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy during a party at her house while she was still in office.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five people, including a six-year-old child, have been wounded in a shooting during a parade in Louisiana, sending people in the crowd fleeing for cover, authorities say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The arrest of a Roman Catholic priest in south-west Louisiana occurred after local authorities were told that the clergyman had "inappropriately touched a child" over the course of a year, according to investigators' initial report on the case.