In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse. The court system collapsed in the aftermath of the storm.Katrina caused ...

Gov. Jeff Landry bypassed Louisiana’s flood board nominating process to appoint his own pick—raising alarm among reformers ...

Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has ...

As the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches a new documentary aims to show the resilience of people of New ...

Gulf Coast residents were left frustrated at the cover art that featured an iconic beachfront home built in 1889, despite the ...

The taboo racial element, horrific conditions in the Superdome, how many victims remain missing and more lesser known facts ...

The Army Corps of Engineers finished it in 2018, creating a 133-mile perimeter around the greater New Orleans region with the ...

New Orleans clerk of court staff have been digging ankle-deep through mounds of landfill trash to salvage court records that the city erroneously discarded amid outrage from officials.

Bastion is a special neighborhood for veterans in Gentilly on Mirabeau Avenue. It is expanding with a new wellness center.

A man killed by New Orleans police in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was shot in the back, according to an autopsy report CNN obtained. That autopsy finding seems to raise questions about the ...

Decades of data shows August as one of the busier months for the Atlantic hurricane season producing several infamous and ...

In "Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm," Roberts returns to New Orleans to speak with musicians, including Grammy-award winner Harry Connick Jr., about the return of the city's music and ...