New Orleans police to ask Guard to stay
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The New Orleans police chief, reeling from the deaths of six people over the holiday weekend, said Monday that he would ask the governor to keep National Guard troops in the city past the end of the year, when their mission to help patrol hurricane-damaged neighborhoods was supposed to end.
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(300 sec.) Will New Orleans keep its football team?
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When civilian officials couldn't get a grip on Hurricane Katrina's devastation, it was Lt. Gen. Russel Honore who took charge, leading federal troops to help rescue thousands still stranded in New Orleans days after the storm.
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Police widen their call for help to find a prisoner who escaped ten days ago still wearing handcuffs.
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The city's police department, tarnished in the past by charges of brutality and racism, is defending itself against fresh criticism over how often officers decide whom to stop and search on the streets.
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Yesterday, at 2pm, I was surrounded by several large men, and physically restrained from moving for no reason. I managed to call the police, and when the cops arrived, they ordered the men to let me go. But the police refused to arrest my assailants. The State's Attorney refused to press charges. And private lawyers would not touch my case.  Read on for the full story.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Police used chemical spray and stun guns Thursday as dozens of protesters tried to force their way into a packed City Council chamber during a debate on the planned demolition of some 4,500 public housing units.
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Dozens of heavily armed police officers swarmed a suburban New Orleans neighborhood Friday where a man suspected of killing of a sheriff&#039;s deputy was holding an elderly resident hostage, authorities said.
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A prosecutor has appealed a decision to keep the judge in the case of seven police officers accused of a fatal post-Katrina shooting, further delaying the trial, a defense lawyer said.
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Police searching for a woman last seen in a pub on Saturday say concern is growing for her safety.
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Dr. Azahari and others suspected of terrorism have stayed a step ahead of the police for two years. So, why haven&#39;t the police asked for the public&#39;s help to apprehend them?
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Four men were killed in one shooting and a fifth was gunned down in a separate incident hours later, the latest round of killings as the city struggles to rein in drug- and gang-related violence that has accompanied the recovery from Hurricane Katrina, police said Saturday.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - The serial "snuggler" will have to keep his hands to himself...
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Police arrested Tulane running back Ray Boudreaux in connection with a stabbing in New Orleans that left five people hurt last weekend. Boudreaux was arrested early yesterday at his home in Metairie, La., on five counts of attempted murder, according to the police, who said the knife used in the stabbings was found in his house. Tulane suspended Boudreaux from the university and the team.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6 -- A judge upset by a backlog of cases decided to release four New Orleans inmates from jail Friday and postpone their trials until they can get adequate representation from the spread-thin public defender's office.
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Prosecutors said on Thursday they  would not seek the death penalty for four New Orleans police  officers charged with shooting dead two people on a bridge  shortly after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city.
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Former Haitian soldiers who fought to oust former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide say they intend to provide security to help stop street violence in the capital, Port-au-Prince.