New Orleans News

Hundreds of young people celebrated America's birthday with a day of service in the Hurricane Katrina damaged Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

A few hundred people gathered at the Bucktown home of an African-American family Friday to welcome them into the neighborhood following an incident where the letters 'KKK' were burned into their front lawn.

An estimated 200 to 300 people gathered around the home of a black family in suburban New Orleans to denounce vandals who chemically burned racist symbols into the lawn.

The New Orleans Fire Department reminds citizens that celebrating July 4 by setting off fireworks is illegal in many parts of the metro area.

Three workers were burned at the Conoco Phillips Alliance Refinery in Jesuit Bend, according to police and company officials.

Sheriff's deputies in St. Charles Parish will hold a mid-morning news conference to elaborate on the arrests of seven people, allegedly shown in a MySpace internet video, discussing plans to carry out a ...

In a story eerily familiar to Hurricane Katrina, people in Iowa and other areas of the midwest flooded by levee failures have strikingly similar experiences.

Metairie - No sign of Edmundo Cerda Anima, a man said to have come to the metro area to help rebuild storm-torn homes.

New Orleans Police are investigating the Sunday morning shooting murder of a man in the 3300 block of First Street.

Over 1,300 students from campuses across the U.S.are giving up their Fourth of July holiday to converge on New Orleans, volunteer, and help rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward for Hurricane survivors.

The New Orleans City Council is pledging its support for a public-private partnership to retain and recruit businesses to the city.

State wildlife officials are getting help from University of New Orleans researchers in monitoring how the opening of a major spillway may have affected Lake Pontchartrain fisheries.

The organization that accredits Dillard University has scolded the New Orleans school for the way it has managed its money.

In New Orleans, cocktails are serious business. What better town for a temple to the tasty history of the American libation? Many outsiders may get their idea of the Big Easy's cocktail culture from the ...

Parishioners from St. Henry Catholic Church came prepared to stay for an indefinite time and occupy the church which is slated to be closed.

A recall petition was filed Friday against Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has come under blistering criticism around the state for his refusal to veto a bill doubling state legislators' base pay.

The new secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said he will do his utmost to make sure that redevelopment of several public housing complexes stays on track in New Orleans.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have denied rumours that they've sold their New Orleans, Louisiana mansion.

The tragic flooding in the Midwest is the latest episode in an endless cycle of American life: record rains, catastrophic flooding and doing nothing to prevent a recurrence. Levee Gone Posters

A rainy day in Pirate's Alley: Well, it just doesn't get any more romantic than that. Pirates Alley Cafe Poster