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An engineering firm hired to oversee the reconstruction of city buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been overcharging the city, including billing for theater tickets and a flight to Las Vegas, an internal investigation found.
A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to covering up the deadly shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a "despicable" scheme that immeasurably compounded the storm's damage.
In Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath, police shot six people — killing two — as they crossed a bridge in search of food. For years the case was a shocking symbol of the confusion and violence that swept through the flooded city. On Wednesday it became a mark of shame for the police department.
Ivor van Heerden, a Louisiana State University scientist and a widely cited expert on levee failures after Hurricane Katrina, sued his college on Wednesday, alleging he was fired for his criticism of the Army Corps of Engineers.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a police blockade that kept some Hurricane Katrina victims from crossing a bridge out of New Orleans in the storm's aftermath.
A former Federal Emergency Management Agency worker and her cousin have pleaded guilty to orchestrating one of the biggest Hurricane Katrina scams to become public since the 2005 storm.
Alone in a home once flooded with 5 feet of water by Hurricane Katrina, Pierre Confident watched the television images of collapsed buildings, the dead piled on the streets, limbs hanging from the rubble of Haiti, his homeland. His life was stuck in a disaster loop.
Entergy Corp., two of its Louisiana power utilities and their insurance company are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over floods that hit southeastern Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.
A former Federal Emergency Management Agency employee and her cousin are being accused of stealing more than $721,000 in Hurricane Katrina relief money.
A prominent Louisiana politician who tearfully appealed for faster federal help on national TV after Hurricane Katrina has quit as president of the state's most populous district.
Nearly 1,600 families in Louisiana and Mississippi remain in government-supplied trailers and mobile homes more than four years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The New Orleans district attorney has requested an autopsy on a terminally ill patient whose doctor acknowledged increasing the drugs the patient received in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the city's coroner said Tuesday.
A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina.
On the morning the Walmart reopened this week in Pass Christian, rain canceled a small parade Mayor Chipper McDermott had planned, so folks stood inside the store and handed out gaudy Mardi Gras beads instead of throwing them from a float.
President Barack Obama is promising the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast that his administration "will not forget" them as they work to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.
The beer and oompah music are flowing as ever but there is a mournful tone to this year's Oktoberfest at the Deutsches Haus, a remnant of the city's once-vibrant German culture that faces demolition for post-Katrina development.
A former Gulfport mayor was sentenced to probation Friday in a plea deal on charges that he defrauded a program to help Hurricane Katrina victims rebuild their homes, allowing him and his wife to walk out of court with no prison time.
A federal judge has given final approval to a $20 million settlement of class-action lawsuits against several Louisiana levee boards. The suits were filed on behalf of about 500,000 homeowners whose property was damaged by Hurricane Katrina's flood waters.
An Associated Press photographer has been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury probing the death of a man whose burned body was found in a car near a police station several weeks after Hurricane Katrina.
President Barack Obama marked the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday by pledging to make sure that turf wars and red tape don't slow the pace of the continuing recovery.
Louisiana's top prosecutor said Friday he will not reopen a probe into allegations of euthanasia at a hospital crippled by Hurricane Katrina, despite new statements from a doctor that he drugged a terminal patient to "get rid of her faster."
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama pledged to right the wrongs he said bogged down efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Seven months into the job, he's earning high praise from some unlikely places.
A subcontractor has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to bribe two Army Corps of Engineers consultants over bids to reconstruct levees after Hurricane Katrina.
Sean Penn Exposed: Useful IdiotAlthough Sean Penn has the reputation of being a fine actor, I've never shared that opinion and regard his acting as overrated.
Katrina Toxic Trailers Are No Bargain"...Given the state of the economy—especially the unabated national epidemic of foreclosures and evictions—it is lunacy to pretend that families will not buy these units as primary residences.
The Trailer for the upcoming HBO drama 'Treme'[IMMEDIATE LAUNCH] [Possibly NWS, not red-band, but two quick cuts of a gentleman's club] Hey now, whoa now. David Simon - the engine behind The Wire, the best show in the history of ever - takes it to post-Katrina New Orleans. I might have to scrape together HBO money.
Second former New Orleans police officer pleads guilty in Danziger Bridge shootings after KatrinaA second former New Orleans police officer this morning pleaded guilty in U.S.
Hurricane Katrina victims to sue oil companies over global warmingThe class action suit brought by residents from southern Mississippi, which was ravaged by hurricane-force winds and driving rains, was first filed just weeks after the August 2005 storm hit.
Ex-Cop Exposes Cover Up Of Katrina Killings of Unarmed CiviliansIn Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath, police shot six people – killing two – as they crossed a bridge in search of food. For years the case was a shocking symbol of the confusion and violence that swept through the flooded city.
Connick performs for students at White House WASHINGTON — Harry Connick Jr. told students Sunday that music can get people through the darkest times — even a disaster like Hurricane Katrina, which devastated his hometown, New Orleans, in 2005.
La. Creole and Cajuns Bringing a New Cultural Renaissance to the stateAfter being exiled, displace, having their language banned by the Federal and State Government, along with the inflow of Anglo whites and Protestant Blacks, who were taught to "not like" the original French/Latin culture of La.-the young Creoles and Cajuns are bringing about a ne …
Behind the scenes actions to block hurricane recovery for the poor. Did your congress commit the ultimate sin?A 2007 report on hurricane katrina recovery-accountability gap predicts that gulf coast residents would be out of their homes for nearly half a decade. Four years into the recovery, infrastructure is moving right along as thousands remain homeless.
"U.S. effect" triggered by Haiti earthquake The U.S. government responded rapidly to the Haiti earthquake in the wake of the disaster's outbreak. U.S. President Barack Obama delivered several speeches and published a series of relief measures and U.S.
The N.Y. Times and National Media Support KKK in New OrleansAfter the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers flooded the city of New Orleans, La during Hurricane Katrina the national media started propganda stories on blacks and worked an agenda of a smaller and more whiter city-this constant attack, by The N.Y.
Media Stupidity and The Americans That Fall For ItCNN: Secretary Duncan Right to Celebrate Katrina 02/05/2010 by Steve Rendall
New Orleans Elects First White Mayor Since 1978Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin's leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him Saturday, turning to a political scion to speed up the city's recovery.
Full disclosure: As an Indiana native, I was rooting for the Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl XLIV. No such luck. Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for outplaying a tough team, and for a well-earned victory.
Duncan: Katrina Was The "Best Thing" for New Orleans School System - Political PunchHmmm...hopefully he has a good plan to make them better than, after this remark...
Cop Rewarded with 2-year Vacation and $264,000 for Partying in New Orleans Instead of Doing His JobPick your poison in the "rogue cop vs. TSA" squabble. The story within the story linked above is the punishment Andriani received for his exploits in New Orleans: a two year paid suspension.
MISSISSIPPI: The Secret State? Not with my tax dollars...Attorney's and judges alike are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law and in jail. What has gone on for decades is rapidly catching up with the pros. A new transparent Mississippi will emerge after the dust settles. There's still much more work to do.
4 year old FEMA scam provides little hope for storm victims.If enough pressure is put on your U.S. represenatives to account for your tax dollars and generous donations provided after hurricane Katrina, we can possibly put an end to this kind of corruption. This couldn't happen at a better time. Call your Senators today and demand action.
FEMA employee / cousin GUILTY in $721,000 theft of Katrina fundsThe two pleaded guilty and face some serious fines / jail time. Maybe they will turn over some information to the investigators and finally allow the taxpayers to know just where all the money went.
The Content of our CharacterThis morning I awoke with a heart full of thankfulness and a mind in deep reflection. It is the national holiday marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
VP Biden Visits New OrleansNow folks this is really rich news. Obama is learning lessons from Katrina, and this is how he does it. While trying to win political brownie points in the Haiti crisis, he sends Biden to New Orleans to "forgive" debt.
Two charged with stealing Katrina funds. Former FEMA worker,cousin accused of diverting funds into "friends" account"FEMA has no tolerance for fraud against the agency or the citizens we serve" said Clark Stevens.
Media Malpractice: Comparing Obama's efforts in Haiti to Bush's bungling of Katrina...the truly pernicious commentary has centred around a matter of false equivalence that, if taken seriously, puts Barack Obama in a no-win situation: the idea that just as George Bush failed the test of Hurricane Katrina, so must Obama pass the challenge of Haiti. It sounds a …
Why Hurricane Katrina Looms Over Obama's Relief Efforts in Haiti The gods of politics have an ironic sense of justice. They can force a president to confront more complex versions of the very problems we thought we had solved by electing him. As you judge, so shall you be judged: sometimes there is an almost mathematical precision to it.
NAACP case dismissed: I hope the battle is heating up!HUD allows the diverson of CDBG funds based on incomplete data. Congress allows waivers to Mississippi which left families homless,then passes laws so they don't have to assist the people affected.
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