Hurricane Katrina
Settlement avoids trial in 2011 Katrina trash lawsuit

By Kevin Mcgill Jun. 21, 2021 01:00 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A decade-old lawsuit over the awarding of waste disposal contracts following Hurricane Katrina has been settled, avoiding a Monday trial and...

Gulf Coast residents mark 15th anniversary of Katrina

Aug. 29, 2020 02:23 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As people in western Louisiana continue to dig out from Hurricane Laura, residents in eastern Louisiana and Mississippi are marking the 15th...

Mary Duplessis poses for a portrait in their home in New Orleans, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Levee breaches following Hurricane Katrina dumped 6 feet of water into the home of Duplessis and her husband in 2005. She remembers lots of paperwork and bureaucracy in her Katrina recovery, and she recalls the scenes of misery at a convention center where thousand were trapped without power or running water. But, for her, COVID-19, has been worse. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Katrina to COVID: New Orleans' Black community pounded again

By Rebecca Santana Aug. 28, 2020 08:13 AM EDT

Bill would undo Katrina-era law blocking some virus records

Jun. 11, 2020 05:35 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A Hurricane Katrina-era law that New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's administration cited to block some information about the state's...

NJ cites Katrina-era law to block some virus records

By Mike Catalini May. 17, 2020 09:07 AM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's administration is citing a 2005 emergency powers law enacted after Hurricane Katrina to block...

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, center, walks out of the Oval Office of the White House with former Presidents Bill Clinton, left, and George W. Bush, right, to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Obama sent Clinton and the younger Bush off on a fundraising effort for Haiti after a devastating earthquake in 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Trump feels no need for crisis counsel from predecessors

By Darlene Superville Apr. 10, 2020 12:12 PM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2013, file photo shows a gavel sits on a desk inside the Court of Appeals at the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in Denver. The coronavirus pandemic has crippled the U.S. legal system, creating constitutional dilemmas as the accused miss their days in court. Judges from California to Maine have postponed trials and nearly all in-person hearings to keep crowds from packing courthouses. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
Justice delayed: Virus crisis upends courts system across US

By Alanna Durkin Richer And Michael Tarm Apr. 08, 2020 01:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2020 file photo, Cindy Morris, left, and Swarnamala Ratnayaka prepare RNA for testing for the new coronavirus at the molecular pathology lab at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Where political divides marred early recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Louisiana is showing rare political unity in the fight against the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Louisiana responds to coronavirus with rare bipartisanship

By Kevin Mcgill And Melinda Deslatte Apr. 08, 2020 12:49 PM EDT

Analysis: Reeves gets his Katrina with challenge of virus

By Emily Wagster Pettus Apr. 05, 2020 05:00 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves was a first-term state treasurer when the state was rocked by a massive and expensive disaster with...

Analysis: Notes from a coronavirus hot spot

By Kevin Mcgill Apr. 05, 2020 04:00 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is right outside my door. But I can't go out. Not much, anyway. My wife and I are self-confined to quarters, working at home and...