Jul 09 Latest ‘Obamacare’ challenge goes before appeals court in New Orleans By Kevin McGill, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press At issue is whether Congress effectively rendered it unconstitutional in 2017 when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who chose not to buy insurance. Continue reading
Jun 06 Dr. John, funky New Orleans musician, dies at 77 By Kevin McGill, Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Born Mac Rebennack, the musician died "toward the break of day" of a heart attack, his family said in a statement. Continue reading
May 30 Watch 9:28 This La. battle is between big industry and a Green Army By Paul Solman General Russel Honore commanded an infantry division in Korea and saw action in Operation Desert Storm, but it was his service as Commander of the Joint Task Force Katrina in 2005 that won him national acclaim. The experience of viewing… Continue watching
Jan 14 WATCH: Trump promises beneficial trade deals to farmers feeling the pinch By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump urged farmers on Monday to stick with him even as many grapple with the impact of his trade war with China and the partial government shutdown. Continue reading
Jul 29 3 dead, 7 wounded after gunmen in New Orleans fire on crowd By Associated Press Two armed individuals wearing hoodies walked up to a crowd gathered Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire, killing three people and wounding seven more. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 22:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 9, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition, for Saturday, June 9, President Donald Trump leaves the G-7 summit early after threatening to end trade with member countries. Later, trying to resolve fights, school districts are replacing zero-tolerance policies with conflict-resolution programs. Hari Sreenivasan anchors… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 4:06 Violent, New Orleans jail has young inmates attending high school inside By PBS News Hour At a jail with death rates four times the national average in New Orleans, teenagers and young men are trying a new program that enrolls them into full-day high school classes for diplomas, using the same curriculum and tests as… Continue watching
May 08 Watch 7:01 The next generation of African-American doctors finds success and support at this university By Hari Sreenivasan Xavier University, a small, historically black college in New Orleans, manages to graduate more African Americans who go on to become medical doctors than any other undergraduate institution in the country -- a fact that's even more striking given a… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 7:20 After taking down Confederate monuments, New Orleans Mayor Landrieu hopes people rethink their history By PBS News Hour In preparing to celebrate New Orleans’ 300th anniversary, Mayor Mitch Landrieu decided to remove his city’s public monuments to the Confederacy. Landrieu, author of the new book “In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History,” talks with Judy… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 7:31 News Wrap: Texas shooter passed background checks despite violent conviction By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Texas gunman who killed 26 people was able to pass background checks despite a past escape from a mental health facility and a conviction the Air Force failed to enter into a database that… Continue watching