New Orleans mayor signs it: cops can use facial recognition
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Thursday signed an ordinance that partly reverses the city’s ban on police use of facial […]
New Orleans
New Orleans district attorney acquitted in federal tax case
By KEVIN McGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams has been acquitted in a federal tax case. The jury returned the […]
New Orleans: Flames shoot up side of Superdome roof, put out
By CHEVEL JOHNSON NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Smoke and flames shot up the side of the Superdome’s roof after a pressure washer being used to […]
Payton: Saints planning up to a month away from New Orleans
By BRETT MARTEL, the Associated Press Saints coach Sean Payton says the New Orleans Saints are investigating the possibility of remaining in the Dallas area […]
Ida inundates areas around New Orleans while sparing city
By JAY REEVES LAPLACE, La. (AP) — New Orleans largely escaped catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Ida, but nearby communities were not so lucky. In LaPlace […]
EXPLAINER: Hit by Ida, New Orleans faces weeks without power
By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Ida knocked out all eight transmission lines that deliver power to New Orleans, leaving the entire city without […]
Ida Updates: Nuclear plant loses offsite electrical power
The Latest on Hurricane Ida: WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a nuclear power plant 25 miles west of New Orleans has declared an “unusual […]
Ida topples New Orleans jazz landmark where Armstrong worked
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A storied New Orleans jazz site where a young Louis Armstrong once worked toppled when Ida blew through Louisiana as one […]
New Orleans levees pass Ida’s test while some suburbs flood
By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JEFF AMY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane […]
Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid
By REBECCA SANTANA, KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by […]