5 ex-cops sentenced in Katrina killings case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge sentenced five former police officers to years in prison for the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina...
Cops face decades in jail for Katrina shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A case that became the centerpiece of the Justice Department's push to clean up the troubled New Orleans Police Department was expected to close a chapter Wednesday..
New Orleans officer resigns after Trayvon comments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans police officer has resigned after being suspended for posting a comment on a local television station's website about the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin...
NOLA police officer suspended for Trayvon comments
NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police officer who was placed on desk duty following a shooting has been suspended for posting a comment on a local television station's website about the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin...
New festival fuses hip-hop, DJ dance beats
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With hip-hop artists increasingly collaborating with electronic dance music acts, a new music festival is launching this weekend that is devoted entirely to those two genres...
WATCH: 76-year-old ‘Prayin’ Lady’ fights crime
VIDEO - The murder rate in New Orleans is ten times the national average, and instead of staying at home and mumbling that those criminals 'need Jesus,' 76-year-old Millie Campbell is on the scene praying that the crime will stop...
'White' slave kids front schools campaign in 1860s
theGRIO REPORT - The images of three adults and five children, four of whom were dubbed 'white' slaves, were part of a drive to drum up sympathy from wealthy Northerners for potential donations...
Treme: America's oldest black neighborhood
Treme is not only the namesake of the HBO show which depicts life in New Orleans after Katrina. It is also the the oldest African-American neighborhood in existence in the United States...
'Trombone Shorty' to perform at White House
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jazz and funk musician Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews is performing on Mardi Gras, but he won't be in his hometown of New Orleans. He'll be at the White House...
Southern Baptist Convention may get black leader
Reverend Fred Luter announced to his African-American church that he will seek to become the first black man to lead the Southern Baptist Convention, a predominantly white ..
