New Orleans population still cut by more than half
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New Orleans' population is still only 41 percent of its size before Hurricane Katrina devastated the city 15 months ago, according to a state survey that casts doubts on rosier predictions by the mayor.
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It took New Orleans nearly a half to get a first down. Once the Saints finally found a little success, they practically did whatever they wanted.
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New Orleans is my hometown. And it's dying. Despite billions of dollars in aid, recovery programs with catchy names and an outpouring of volunteer effort, New Orleans is not recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
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The New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival will go on, say organizers, despite losses of &#36;800,000 to &#36;900,000 on this year's event.
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Dancing, drinking revelers crowded the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as colorful parades rolled through the damaged city on the final day of a Mardi Gras that locals touted as another step in the long recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Now that the hurricane season has ended, New Orleans residents notice a lag in work to rebuild the cityÂs flood protection infrastructure.
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New Orleans is narrowly retaining a black majority after Hurricane Katrina, according to a study released Wednesday by The Brookings Institution.
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One person was killed and at least 19 people were injured on Tuesday when a tornado swept through New Orleans neighborhoods still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
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With thousands of New Orleans musicians still scattered around the country in a veritable diaspora, the cultural heritage of the Big Easy is in peril
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Death rates in New Orleans rose nearly  50 percent as the city began its recovery from Hurricane  Katrina, in part because of storm-related damage to its public  health facilities, researchers said on Thursday.
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It wasn't the flooding that drove Dr. David Jones out of New Orleans for good. His house in the Lakeview neighborhood stayed dry. Instead, it was the way Hurricane Katrina eroded the orthopedic surgeon's practice.
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Service has returned to the historic St. Charles streetcar line in New Orleans, but there are far fewer riders than before Hurricane Katrina.
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One person was killed and several  injured on Tuesday when a tornado swept through New Orleans  neighborhoods still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
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Thousands of former New Orleanians are breaking their ties with the damaged city for which they still yearn.
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New Orleans' latest plan to recover from Hurricane Katrina calls for a 10-year rebuilding program costing $14 billion that will leave some neighborhoods still sparsely populated.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7 -- Public housing officials decided Thursday to proceed with the demolition of more than 4,500 government apartments here, brushing aside an outcry from residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina who said the move was intended to reduce the ability of poor black people to...
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Voters were deciding Saturday whether incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin or challenger Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu should oversee this city&#039;s long recovery from Hurricane Katrina &amp;#151; one of the largest reconstruction projects in U.S. history.