Katrina News

Ex-Cops Sentenced for Killing Man After Katrina

Mar 31, 2011 - 3:06 PM |AP

NEW ORLEANS -- Calling the crimes inexcusable and barbaric, a judge sentenced two former New Orleans police officers to prison Thursday for their roles in the shooting death of an unarmed man whose...

Will New Orleans Regain Its Lost Children?

Mar 6, 2011 - 7:55 AM |AOL News

Holy Cross School

When Tim Scanlan graduates from Holy Cross high school in New Orleans this spring, two-thirds of his classmates who started seventh grade with him two weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit won't be...

Hard Census Count Helps New Orleans Move Forward

Feb 4, 2011 - 5:43 PM |AOL News

Mario Tama, Getty Images

The changes to New Orleans became visible almost as soon as the floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina receded in 2005, but having a real count today from the release of 2010 census data will enable the...

Iran, 6 Powers Talks Recess With No Signs of Progress

Dec 6, 2010 - 2:41 PM |AP

Anja Niedringhaus, AP

GENEVA (Dec. 6) -- Talks between Iran and six world powers recessed Monday with no sign that Tehran was ready to discuss U.N. Security Council calls to curb its nuclear activities that could be...

Ex-New Orleans Cop Gets Max for Katrina Bridge Shooting

Dec 2, 2010 - 12:34 PM |AOL News

Alex Brandon, AP

(Dec. 2) -- The sister of an unarmed man killed by New Orleans police officers in the notorious post-Katrina Danziger Bridge shootings praised the tough sentence given to one of the officers....

North Korea Unveils Sophisticated Nuclear Plant

Nov 21, 2010 - 6:00 AM |AOL News

DigitalGlobe / AP

(Nov. 21) -- An American scientist just back from a trip to North Korea says he visited a sophisticated new uranium-processing plant there, sparking worldwide alarm that Pyongyang is developing...

Marie Antoinette to Lord Young: Aristocratic Gaffes Through the Ages

Nov 19, 2010 - 11:11 AM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 19) -- It comes as little shock that Britain's Lord Young of Graffham lacks the common touch. For starters, there's the title, of course. And there's also his multimillions in the bank, which...

Kanye to Bush: I've Been Accused of Racism, Too

Nov 3, 2010 - 6:56 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 3) -- Victims of racism accusations, unite. In an interview with the "Today" show's Matt Lauer, former President George W. Bush recounted what he considered the single-worst moment of his...

Bush: Kanye West Katrina Comment 'Disgusting'

Nov 3, 2010 - 1:28 PM |AOL News

Susan Walsh, AP

(Nov. 3) -- George W. Bush says one of the "most disgusting moments" of his presidency came when Kanye West said Bush didn't care about black people in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. "He called me a...

Christine O'Donnell Regrets 'I'm Not a Witch' Ad

Oct 21, 2010 - 9:53 AM |Politics Daily

Rob Carr, AP

(Oct. 21) -- Wish I hadn't said that. That's the sentiment Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell expressed Thursday on national TV when she said a TV campaign ad in which she declared, "I'm...

San Bruno Students Sent Home Because of Gas Smell

Sep 16, 2010 - 3:33 PM |AOL News

Paul Sakuma, AP

(Sept. 16) -- Students at a California school near the site of last week's giant explosion were sent home for the day after several people reported smelling gas. Authorities said that there was no...

The Families Who Could Decide New Orleans' Fate

Aug 29, 2010 - 8:14 PM |AOL News

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NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 29) -- Michael Canedo remembers clearly the day his neighbors gathered at the local playground and vowed to rebuild. It was two months after Hurricane Katrina. The days were still...