Actor and Tony Award-winning producer Wendell Pierce has lost his home in the devastating floods that have hit Baton Rouge.

Former NBC "Nightly News" anchorman Brian Williams was mocked on Twitter Tuesday, after returning to television for live coverage of Pope Francis' highly anticipated visit to the United States.

President Barack Obama on Thursday observed the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and praised the city for its dramatic recovery.

Miss. Sen. Thad Cochran has a new ally in his primary fight against Tea Party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel: Super Bowl winning quarterback Brett Favre.

U.S. law has given the Army Corps of Engineers, "a bureaucratic behemoth," legal immunity for its flawed work in New Orleans, a federal judge said.