Sep 30 Watch Rebuilding New Orleans With the city still largely in tatters and engineers studying how to fix the levee system, New Orleans officials and planners are looking at the challenges and opportunities facing the city as it looks to rebuild. Continue watching
Sep 29 Car Bombs Kill Scores in Iraq By PBS News Hour Three nearly simultaneous car bombings in a mainly Shiite town in Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded 70 others Thursday, a day after a roadside bomb killed five U.S. soldiers in the insurgent hotbed of Ramadi. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Katrina Media Coverage The media's coverage of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath has been criticized as some news reports of rapes and murders in parts of New Orleans appear to be unfounded. Following a background report, two media experts and a journalist who covered the… Continue watching
Sep 28 U.N. Reform Document Just a Start, Bolton Tells Congress By PBS News Hour Two weeks after helping approve a compromise United Nations reform plan, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton told members of Congress on Wednesday that the United States "didn't get everything we wanted," but it was a start. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch A Slow Return to New Orleans A report from New Orleans about how the Algiers district is recovering from Hurricane Katrina, followed by some new information about the search for and identification of those killed in New Orleans. Continue watching
Sep 26 Officials Continue Search for Stranded in Wake of Rita By PBS News Hour Police and other emergency workers continued to scour flooded communities in Louisiana and Texas Monday for those stranded after Hurricane Rita caused widespread flooding Saturday. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch Recovering From Rita Two reports about how hard-hit small towns in Louisiana and Texas are coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Rita: one from Terrebonne Parish in southern Louisiana and a second from Bridge City, Texas. Continue watching
Sep 24 Rita Roars Ashore Along Mostly Deserted Gulf Coast By PBS News Hour Hurricane Rita plowed into the Gulf Coast along the Texas-Louisiana border early Saturday, causing significant wind damage and some flooding. Continue reading
Sep 23 Hurricanes Mark Unusual Spike in Already Active Storm Cycle By PBS News Hour Although residents of the Gulf Coast need little confirmation, meteorologists say 2005 is already an unusual year for the North Atlantic Ocean in terms of the number and strength of hurricanes originating there. Continue reading
Sep 23 Hurricane Rita Weakens Slightly; Bus of Evacuees Catches Fire By PBS News Hour Hurricane Rita bore down on Texas and southwestern Louisiana with 135 mph winds Friday, creating widespread traffic jams as hundreds of thousands of residents raced to safer ground and raising fears of another catastrophic flood in New Orleans. Continue reading