Are you ready for the best and worst of the Boston bombing's amateur photo-hunting all over again? Because there are already striking similarities in surveillance video and photos released bey NOPD Monday morning — and at least one pair of sneakers that should give you pause about jumping to conclusions.
A Mother's Day parade in New Orleans was ruined on Sunday when at least one gunman opened fire on the crowd, wounding at least 19 people, including two children: a boy and a girl, both 10 years old.
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The former mayor of New Orleans is well-known for his controversial efforts to rebuild his city after it was devastated in 2005. Nagin's legacy could be eclipsed, however, by new charges of corruption brought against him today in federal court.
Following New York City's experience with a devastating, city-changing hurricane, many have drawn some parallels between New Orleans after Katrina and post-Sandy New York this week. Perhaps nothing drives that point home better than the moving Tumblr Nola to New York.
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The National Weather Service reports that 7.86 inches of rain fell yesterday at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, surpassing the record 4.50 inches that the airport saw on that same date in 2005 when the city was facing Katrina.
As Tropical Storm Isaac moved west over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday afternoon, the storm warning for Tampa expired, and it looked like Republicans had unnecessarily canceled the first day of their convention. But New Orleans is bracing for a direct hit.
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Hurricane Isaac's original forecast had the storm going up the East coast through Florida, but it's shifted to the left and now it's going to hit the Gulf of Mexico. The latest predictions have Isaac making landfall in New Orleans early Wednesday, the seven year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
By now you may have heard that Abdulrahman Zeitoun, the protagonist of Dave Eggers' 2009 book Zeitoun, is in jail for allegedly beating his ex-wife, but the latest addition to Zeitoun's legal troubles is even darker: He's accused of plotting her murder.
In the latest news from what once was One of the Great American Newspapers: A Times-Picayune reporter writes a (justifiably angry) letter to the paper's publishers; Several of the paper's renowned, award-winning reporters decline offers from the newly configured NOLA Media Group.
Roughly 300 New Orleanians packed into a parking lot Monday evening to express their frustration with the recent announcement that Advance Publications, Inc, owner of the city's Pulitzer-winning newspaper, The Times-Picayune, would cut the paper's print circulation down to three days a week and dramatically shrink its newsroom.
As of now, it's still unlikely that this will translate into action, but Warren Buffet responded to an open letter from a New Orleans musician to say, "Naturally I've been following the Times-Pic situation with interest." With interest!
Faced with massive budget cuts, The New Orleans Times-Picayune will cut back its frequency to three days a week starting in the fall.
Four former police officers were sentenced to prison terms from 38 to 65 years for their role in the shooting deaths of two unarmed men in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans.
Working for the New York Police Department's Intelligence Division must be a sweet gig, as they get to travel to places like New Orleans to infiltrate activist groups there.
Three suburban teenage boys planned a massacre on the first day of school
Officers are convicted on all federal counts of violating civil rights
David Simon's New Orleans panoramic premiered on HBO with a new focus on food
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