HURRICANE KATRINA SENDS BARGE THROUGH LEVEE
Rebecca Harfung of St. Bernard Parish receives a tetanus shot from Corpsman Jared Harmon-Moore, Sept. 17, 2005. Hurricane Katrina flooded much of St. Bernard Parish, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless. (UPI Photo/ A.J. Sisco)
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COVINGTON, La., May 3 (UPI) -- A suburban New Orleans judge arrested on corruption charges had been involved in some of St. Bernard Parish's most infamous legal cases, observers say.
NEW ORLEANS, April 20 (UPI) -- A civil lawsuit blaming the Army Corps of Engineers for the massive flooding that inundated New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina began Monday, observers said.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- New Orleans residents are free to return to their homes after Mayor Ray Nagin lifted checkpoints, officials said Wednesday.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Gustav weakened to a tropical storm Monday night and all coastal warnings were discontinued, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A New Orleans man who evacuated his former home in St. Bernard Parish before Hurricane Katrina said he was shocked to find his name on a memorial for the dead.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. television and stage star Taye Diggs led a holiday caroling celebration this week as 10 families returned to newly rebuilt homes in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Louisiana agricultural officials said more Africanized honeybees, also known as "killer bees" have been found in traps east of New Orleans.
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The prosecution rested Wednesday in the trial of two owners of a Louisiana nursing home in which 35 elderly residents died during Hurricane Katrina flooding.
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- In the negligent homicide trial of nursing home operators, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Louisiana relied on private citizens to flee Hurricane Katrina.
