New Orleans is preparing to explode two giant, badly damaged construction cranes that tower over a partially collapsed hotel project at the edge of the French Quarter, bringing them down Friday before a tropical storm that could cause them to tumble out of control.
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Rescue crews on Sunday searched for a worker missing in the partial collapse of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction, their work proceeding cautiously amid fears about the stability of the structure, authorities said.
Read moreA federal judge affirmed an order in a consolidated case that New Orleans must refund to drivers all the Automated Traffic Enforcement System tickets issued from Jan. 1, 2008, through Nov. 3, 2010.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement must make parole decisions on an individual basis for immigrants seeking asylum instead of issuing blanket denials.
Read moreThe federal government must face Louisiana landowners’ claims relating to land the Army Corps of Engineers took after Hurricane Katrina, a federal court ruled. The landowners claim the government took their property without compensation by altering shoreline along Lake Pontchartrain to improve the flood control system for New Orleans.
Read moreCarrying “off the chart” amounts of moisture, Barry crawled ashore Saturday in Louisiana and quickly weakened to a tropical storm that promised to dump heavy rains that could last for days and pose a test of the flood-prevention systems built after Hurricane Katrina 14 years ago.
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Even as Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Mississippi River’s levees held up when those in other parts of the city did not.
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A potential tropical storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico presents twin troubles for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi — the possibility that the flooded Mississippi River will strain the levees this weekend, and a danger of flash floods like the one that unexpectedly walloped New Orleans on Wednesday.
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Floodwaters swamped streets in New Orleans’ French Quarter on Wednesday and prompted a tornado warning in the area amid concerns that even worse weather is on the way to Louisiana and other states along the Gulf of Mexico.
Read moreA federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of a man who posted an unflattering mural of Donald Trump, and was threatened by New Orleans with criminal prosecution for violating an unconstitutional zoning ordinance.
Read moreDr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77.
Read moreThe streets of New Orleans will be filled Tuesday with excited kids catching beads from atop ladders, revelers in fancy costumes walking through the French Quarter and Mardi Gras Indians wearing finely beaded costumes.
Read moreA federal judge Thursday refused to dismiss claims that the Orleans Parish District Attorney and individual prosecutors created “fake subpoenas” to threaten and jail crime victims and witnesses so they give testimony.
Read moreA prominent American anchorwoman on Iranian state television’s English-language service has been arrested after flying into the U.S., the broadcaster reported Wednesday. U.S. law enforcement agencies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Read moreElectricity supplier Entergy New Orleans claims in court that a Virginia-based public relations firm hired actors instead of recruiting supporters to speak at public meetings in favor of a proposed power plant, spurring a costly investigation into whether the utility knew its backers were paid.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss a claim that New Orleans is trying to enforce “an unconstitutional content-based regulation and prior restraint of speech” regarding a mural on one man’s property featuring “two vulgar words used by [Donald] Trump” on an “Access Hollywood” tape.
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