After his prolific performance as Johnnie Cochran in season 1 of "American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson", Courtney B. Vance is confirmed to star in season two of the series which will focus on the events leading up to Hurricane Katrina.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four former New Orleans police officers asked a federal judge Tuesday to let them out of jail on bond as they await a second trial in deadly shootings that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Lawyers for former Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Kenneth Bowen and former officers Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon […]
Lil Wayne put on for his city in the hugest way possible with a music megafest on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and he…
A city known to many tourists as “The Big Easy” hasn’t quite lived up to its name over the past 10 years for many New Orleanians. For some, it has been everything but an “easy” time to say the least. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina changed the lives of many citizens in neighboring gulf […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says New Orleans is “moving forward” a decade after Hurricane Katrina dealt it a devastating blow, and has become an example of what can happen when people rally around each other to build a better future out of the despair of tragedy. Obama was marking the storm’s 10th anniversary […]
Roland Martin talks to Vice Chairwoman of the National Democratic Committee, Donna Brazile about the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and what has happened in the city since then. “It’s been a bittersweet memory for both of us. So many of our fellow citizens, not just in New Orleans, but the entire Gulf Coast. People […]
Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Celebrates Renaissance, But Black Neighborhoods Are Left Behind
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans creating one of the worst natural catastrophes in American history, much of the hard-hit city on the banks of the Mississippi River has been rebuilt. But one nagging question remains: What is the future of the Ninth Ward, the predominantly Black community that remains forsaken to […]
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama will mark next week’s 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by visiting New Orleans, which bore the brunt of the storm’s devastating blow and has yet to fully recover from the loss of life and property left behind in its wake. The White House announced Wednesday that Obama will […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ coroner has classified the death of a man shot by a police officer in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina as a homicide. Coroner Jeffrey Rouse made the announcement Wednesday in the case of Henry Glover, whose body was burned by one police officer after another officer shot him on […]
It didn’t take long for viewers to give up on Brian Williams. His nightly newscast on NBC was beaten soundly in the ratings by ABC’s “World News Tonight” on Friday, two days after Williams apologized for repeating a false story about being in a helicopter hit by a grenade in Iraq 12 years ago, according […]
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin left a federal courthouse a convict today. The politician, who was the public face of the city during Hurricane…
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin left a federal courthouse a convict today. The politician, who was the public face of the city during Hurricane…
