Hurricane warnings along Gulf Coast ahead of Nate
The storm battered Central America with heavy rain this week, killing at least 21 people
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The storm battered Central America with heavy rain this week, killing at least 21 people
Mitch Landrieu made headlines when he led the efforts to remove multiple Confederate monuments throughout the city
The patients acquired the infection from a machine used during their open heart surgery
Michelle Ingram lost everything during Hurricane Katrina, and now she sprung into action to help some of the most vulnerable Harvey victims
Rain in Lake Charles has been steady the last four days, but it became dangerous Monday night and nearly 200 residents were forced to evacuate
Houston reportedly welcomed as many as a quarter million Katrina evacuees, and the city estimates 40,000 never moved back
What to put in your "go-bag," and other advice for anyone facing a weather emergency
The city's malfunctioning water-pumping system and the threat of more rain has left some neighborhoods at greater risk of flooding
Two officials in charge of the city's pumping and drainage systems are out, and Mayor Mitch Landrieu has asked for more resignations
Nearly 10 inches of rain fell in just over three hours, and the city's drainage system was quickly overwhelmed despite working at full capacity
Officer Chris Abbott was struck in the leg by a bullet Monday morning while working off-duty, Police Chief Michael Harrison says
New Orleans inspector general says some old city water lines - and lines on private properties - are made of lead
Protests in 45 cities were held Sunday including New Orleans, Seattle, Philadelphia and NYC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says residents who use the water system should not let water go up the nose when bathing or swimming in small pools
Police say one of the suspects in the brutal attack on two tourists confessed to his pastor and turned himself in
Police say Dejuan Paul is one of four robbers who knocked the men to the ground in a brutal robbery Saturday in the French Quarter
Police say two tourists were attacked in the French Quarter Saturday night while walking back to their hotel; one was left in critical condition
"The Confederacy lost and we're better for it," said Mayor Mitch Landrieu before the 20-foot-tall statue came down
Unlike the first three statues, city officials plan to take Lee's statue down during the day
Statue of Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard statue was one of four Confederate monuments Mayor Mitch Landrieu has vowed to remove
Mayor Mitch Landrieu hailed the move, saying the monument was meant to "whitewash history and to tell a sanitized version of the Confederacy"
"This has gone on an inordinate amount of time," Judge Kern Reese said as he outlined reasons for refusing to protect the statue
Protesters clash over fate of memorials, which are held up as both symbols of white supremacy and tributes to Southern history
Workers wearing masks and bulletproof vests took down symbols of the Confederacy and Jim Crow South
Seven trans women have been killed nationwide already this year; Last year, a record 23 were killed