Ray Nagin
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...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, April 27, the 117th day of 2021. There are 248 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2014, file photo, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin arrives at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans. Nagin, convicted in a corruption case and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2014, was released early due to the coronavirus pandemic. News outlets reported Nagin got out of federal prison Monday, April 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)
Ex-New Orleans mayor out of prison due to virus threat

Apr. 28, 2020 10:20 AM 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