New Orleans News

Mindful that the suburban West Bank of New Orleans has regained its pre-Hurricane Katrina population and is primed for growth, the Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion effort to keep the next storm at bay.

A 7-year-old child was shot to death in the living room of her home, apparently by gunshots that were fired from outside the building.

An $11 million proposed cut in the New Orleans Police Department's budget for next year will mean cuts in some of the nonemergency functions of the agency, including police officer coverage during Carnival and other large events, Police Superintendent Warren Riley told the City Council on Wednesday.

Actress Sandra Bullock plans to walk the red carpet in New Orleans next week for a special premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side." Bullock, who recently bought a home in New Orleans, is hosting the event with Warner Bros.

Oil companies are evacuating workers from operations in the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Ida approaches.

The mouth of the river was closed for about 36 hours because of severe weather from Tropical Storm Ida; however, navigation and port operations continued without interruption further upriver along the Mississippi River and at the docks of the Port of New Orleans.

The state Department of Health and Hospitals says three more people in Louisiana have died from complications of swine flu bringing the total to 33 deaths in the state since August.

TROPICAL storm Ida bore down on the US Gulf coast Tuesday, with weakened force after cutting a swath of destruction that left 136 dead in Central America.

Political pollster says just a few months of falling statistics is not enough to calm people about city's crime rate Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Most violent crime in New Orleans was down through the third quarter of the year, falling 14.36 percent overall compared to the same time a year ago.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:08 p.m. NEW ORLEANS - The only Republican in the House to vote for a Democrat-backed health care bill says he has had two fundraisers canceled since Saturday's vote and some campaign contributors have asked for their money back.

Nickelodeon has cut ties with Southern Star Amusement, the theme park operator it had agreed to allow to use its name to redevelop the former Six Flags theme park in eastern New Orleans.

A 7-year-old killed by a stray bullet that ripped through the wall of a suburban New Orleans apartment complex was the daughter of a Louisiana Army National Guard sergeant serving in the Middle East.

BULLETIN HURRICANE IDA ADVISORY NUMBER 21 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112009 900 PM CST SUN NOV 08 2009 ...IDA HEADING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD....HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST... AT 900 PM CST...0300 UTC...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI ...

Tropical Storm Ida nicked the toe of the boot of Louisiana as it moved toward landfall Monday near the Alabama-Florida border.

Former Rep. William Jefferson , D-New Orleans, should get a prison term of less than 10 years when he faces sentencing Friday in his federal bribery convictions, his attorneys said in a 95-page filing today.

Tropical Storm Ida has prompted energy companies to evacuate platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Bobby Jindal is not a natural politician,or choice for President everyone knows that by now given his pathetic performance when he gave the official Republican response speech a year or so ago, but we are in a recession, what's that mean? That's when International bankers like Jewish banking family the Rothschilds take center stage and come out from hiding with their big ...

RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT schools and the central office will be closed. Operations and security personnel will report the the district's Welcome School at 2239 Poydras Ave.

Singer Britney Spears performs onstage during the opening night of 'The Circus Starring Britney Spears' tour at the New Orleans Arena on March 3, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Once a year, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao gives the Washington establishment a little jolt.