Louisiana authorities are investigating allegations that a personal assistant financially exploited U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Minaldi, whose alcoholism is so severe that a colleague asked a court to rule she cannot take care of herself ...

The federal judge, whose unusual behavior preceded her mysterious removal from a string of cases, was ordered to get treatment for alcoholism so severe a colleague believes she cannot take care of herself, according to court records ...

It’s unclear when the federal judge began her leave or how long it could last ...

The chief judge for the Western District of Louisiana has transferred at least 27 cases from U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to another judge since late December ...

The Iberia sheriff is charged with ordering the beatings of prisoners and orchestrating a brazen cover-up ...

The bill's sponsor says she will push for an amendment that would allow foreign-born people who are legally in the U.S. to get married here if they can't produce a birth certificate ...

But their 20-page court filing Wednesday didn't shed any light on why Federal Judge Patricia Minaldi was removed in March ...

While their reactions to the movie vary, relatives of the 11 workers who died in the rig explosion hope it will remind people about the disaster's human toll ...

Iberia Sheriff Louis Ackal's attorney argues that U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi's mysterious removal from the sheriff's case violated court rules and apparently was done without her consent earlier this year ...

"I'm not going to allow the oil and gas industry to decide who represents the state of Louisiana in litigation against the oil and gas industry." ...