Hurricane Katrina was described as “a slow-motion catastrophe” on “60 Minutes” on Sept. 4, 2005, six days after slamming the Gulf Coast. Twenty years later, the storm is known as the costliest and one of the deadliest to ever hit the United States. Katrina first made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Florida on…
What started as Tropical Depression Twelve on Aug. 23, 2005, over the Greater Antilles would soon become one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States. Traveling through southeastern Florida, up into the Gulf Coast and eventually disintegrating over the Ohio Valley, nothing could prepare those in Katrina’s path for what…
A missing 12-year-old boy with autism likely died following an alligator attack, police said Wednesday. A nearly two-week-long search resulted in his body being found in a New Orleans canal this week. Bryan Vasquez was first reported missing on the morning of Aug. 14, after he reportedly escaped through a bedroom window on the East…
It can be disheartening to witness how carelessly some people treat the environment. While some of this behavior may stem from ignorance, much of it just reflects a conscious disregard for the ways something might lead to waste, littering, or pollution. In July, surveillance footage in New Orleans caught an individual in a pickup truck…
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday on federal charges including conspiracy, fraud and obstruction, following allegations of trying to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard. Prosecutors allege that in October 2021, Cantrell and Jeffrey Vappie, her bodyguard, developed a “personal, intimate relationship,” said Michael Simpson, acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District…
The New Orleans mayor, LaToya Cantrell, was indicted on Friday on federal corruption charges after spending roughly three years under investigation. The indictment against Cantrell came after the September 2024 indictment of local businessman Randy Farrell, who was charged with exchanging gifts with the mayor so that she would allegedly fire a municipal employee who…
New Orleans — The sheriff who oversees a New Orleans jail that was the site of a brash escape of 10 inmates earlier this year told CBS News in an exclusive interview Thursday that prison staffing and design flaws played a major role in the breakout. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said the Orleans…
Fugitive mistakenly released from jail New Orleans inmate mistakenly released due to clerical error now on the run 01:57 An inmate was mistakenly released last week from the same New Orleans jail that was the scene of a brazen breakout in May, officials said. Officials at an Orleans Parish correctional facility said they accidentally released…
New Orleans inmate mistakenly released due to clerical error now on the run – CBS News Watch CBS News Authorities in New Orleans say 30-year-old Khalil Bryan was wrongly released from jail after being confused with another inmate. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson admits the mistake and has launched an internal investigation. Source link
A New Orleans jail plumber accused of helping 10 inmates break out of an Orleans Parish correctional facility in May is being used as a scapegoat, his lawyer said Thursday as Sterling Williams pleaded not guilty in court. “This is a man who’s never been in trouble in his life, and suddenly he goes to…