U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled in favor of New Orleans residents late Wednesday. He agreed that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005.

What should be an all out celebration has turned violent as police say several people have been shot today along the Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans. The Mardi Gras shooting left six people injured.

New research presented in the fall issue of American Entomologist suggests Formosan subterranean termites damaged New Orleans dikes.

If the civil parish in which schools are located closes public schools, Catholic schools of Archdiocese of New Orleans will close.

Hurricane Ike could have New Orleans in its Crosshairs as the hurricane targets the Gulf states.

The City of New Orleans launched the City Assisted Evacuation Plan this morning at 8 a.m. in preparation for Hurricane Gustav. Officials and volunteers helped check in citizens who needed assistance evacuating the city, including those with medical needs and with pets. The mayor has ordered a mandatory evacuation from New Orleans.

I am currently working in New Orleans and it is nearly three years to the day that Katrina struck the city, with a storm forecast (Gustav) to hit New Orleans early next week. I can tell you that right now, there is a palpable sense of anxiety and fear among my colleagues who witnessed Katrina.

New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in America last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the US Census Bureau reported.

The pivotal years of World War II have influenced and inspired filmmakers, documentarians and the media for more than 60 years. To commemorate and reflect upon this important era, The National World War II Museum in New Orleans will present Real to Reel: World War II in Film, Documentaries & Newsreels, April 10-12, 2008.

Violent protests broke out in New Orleans today, amidst allegations that the city's proposal to tear down public housing units damaged by Hurricane Katrina, is seeped in racism.

Kevin Costner will participate in the Endymion parade, one of the largest parades during New Orleans' Carnival season.

Ever been to the Smoky Mountain National Park and watched the short movie called " Don't Feed the Bears " ? The reason you can't feed them is that once you do they no longer will find food for them selves, and will expect you to provide it for them. If you don't they will break in your camp site, tents and steel your food. If you get in their way they will kill you. They'll become such a nuisance and a danger to the public they eventuality have to be impounded and sometimes put to s ....