Tag: New Orleans
New Orleans is electing a new mayor and a wide field is pledging change after indictments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans voters on Saturday are picking a new mayor to replace two-term incumbent…
Dedications to Voodoo, Bonnie and Clyde and more at these 6 unusual Louisiana monuments
Louisiana is known for having a rich and vast history, and evidence of the state's history can be…
A New Orleans candidate’s murder conviction was tossed but the state still challenges his past
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A down-ballot race for New Orleans clerk of criminal court has turned personal and…
Louisiana’s governor asks for National Guard deployment to New Orleans and other cities
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's Republican governor asked for National Guard deployments to New Orleans and other cities,…
Former priest who served under two Louisiana governors arrested for allegedly raping disabled child
A man who once served in the administrations of two Louisiana governors has been arrested on allegations that…
New Orleans mayor to appear in court on corruption charges tied to alleged affair
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday for…
Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid
defaultDarren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago this…
Fire burns for 12 hours on US Navy warship off Okinawa
A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a…
Controversial New Orleans mayor indicted for alleged illicit relationship with taxpayer-funded bodyguard
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday on federal charges alleging she carried on an "intimate relationship"…
Federal grand jury indicts New Orleans mayor after long corruption probe
A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday after a long corruption investigation.Cantrell’s lawyer,…
Progressives meet in the Trump-era wilderness
The NewsNEW ORLEANS — For 20 years, progressives have gathered at annual Netroots Nation conferences to share strategies…
Two blind women say they became only passengers on Southwest flight after airline ‘forgot about’ them
Two blind women from Florida recently discovered they were the only passengers aboard their Southwest Airlines flight from…