Jan 01 WATCH: FBI identifies driver in New Orleans attack, believes he may have had help By Associated Press Authorities say a man driving a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30. Continue reading
Jan 01 New Orleans New Year's Day ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon By Associated Press Police say a person who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans was hell-bent on creating carnage. Continue reading
Jan 01 Driver kills 15 New Year's revelers in New Orleans truck attack, FBI doesn't believe he acted alone By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin McGill, Jack Brook, Associated Press Authorities say a driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police. Continue reading
Sep 13 Thousands remain without power in New Orleans as Francine drenches the South By Jack Brook, Sara Cline, Associated Press Forecasters expected Francine to weaken Friday as it crosses northern Arkansas, but the storm's slow progress will mean days of heavy rain in the Southeast, creating a flash flooding risk. Continue reading
Sep 04 Sybil Morial, civil rights activist and wife of New Orleans' first Black mayor, dies at 91 Civil rights activist Sybil Haydel Morial has died at age 91. Continue reading
Aug 13 WATCH: Biden speaks about progress made toward 'cancer moonshot' By Will Weissert, Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press “We’re moving quickly because we know that all families touched by cancer are in a race against time,” President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 6:27 Father of Palestinian American teen killed in West Bank discusses son's death By Amna Nawaz, Sonia Kopelev The New Orleans community is mourning the loss of a 17-year-old Palestinian American killed last month. Tawfic Abdel Jabbar is one of the 94 children, and 370 Palestinians total, killed in the West Bank since Oct. 7. In late January,… Continue watching
Jan 23 Can Mississippi strip felons of voting rights? Federal judges hear the case By Kevin McGill, Associated Press The outcome of the case at the center of Tuesday's hearing in New Orleans will likely determine whether tens of thousands of people win back the right to vote. Continue reading
Oct 19 Lawsuit accuses Catholic schools in New Orleans of discriminating against students with disabilities By Roby Chavez A new class-action lawsuit claims that the Archdiocese of New Orleans asks illegal questions about students’ disabilities on its schools’ application forms. Continue reading
Oct 10 Why the saltwater wedge climbing up the Mississippi River is a wake-up call to the region By Roby Chavez It used to be a once-in-a-decade event. Now, New Orleans has seen salt water threaten its drinking water twice in two years. Continue reading