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James Varney of NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and James Parker of WRNO discuss the spate of crime stories that have hit New Orleans just as the Carnival tourism season heads toward its peak.
View ArticleMarguerite Washington's mother talks about guilty verdicts
Margaret Washington talks Jan. 28 about the convictions of two men in the October 2012 murder of her daughter, Marguerite Washington, an 18-year-old freshman at Dillard University
View ArticleHeated exchange at St. John Parish Council meeting
The St. John the Baptist Parish Council's decision to table Parish President Natalie Robottom's appointment of a new Utilities Department director at the Jan. 13 meeting led to a heated exchange. When...
View ArticleMayor Mitch Landrieu signs the smoking ban
Mayor Mitch Landrieu signs the ban on smoking in most places in New Orleans, signaling the start of a 90-day countdown to when it goes into effect.
View ArticleDEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown talks about operation 'Wild Wild East'
Press conference about operation 'Wild Wild East' in New Orleans on Friday, January 30, 2015. The drug investigation in eastern New Orleans resulted in 111 arrests, authorities said.
View ArticleEsplanade Avenue shooting was in self-defense: NOPD
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating the shooting of 23-year-old Nicholas Temper, who was shot on the outskirts of the French Quarter early Friday (Jan. 30). The NOPD says a 64-year-old...
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James Varney of NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and James Parker of WRNO discuss the sorry legal family saga that has embroiled the empire of Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson.
View ArticleA black-footed penguin
Darwin Long explains the captive-breeding program aimed at saving the endangered black-footed penguin.
View ArticleTulane law students' murder-suicide shocking university community
Tulane University officials are doing their best to console students on campus after the New Orleans Police Department was called to the scene of what investigators say was a murder suicide in the 5500...
View ArticleMelvin Galle Jr. search
Christopher Goodly, commander of the NOPD's 5th District, discusses the search for suspect Melvin Galle Jr. and an unidentified accomplice wanted in the armed robbery and shooting of tourist Brian...
View ArticleBP oil spill trial
Oil flows from the BP's failed Macondo well in the days after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. The disaster killed 11 rig workers and set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S....
View ArticleBP oil spill trial - Amberjack Tuna
The video shows the difference in heart rates between Amberjack tuna embryos exposed to toxins found in crude oil and those not exposed. Toxicology expert Stanley Rice presented the video as part of...
View ArticleTulane University community mourning after murder suicide involving two students
The New Orleans Police Department said a weekend shooting involving two Tulane University law students seems to be a murder suicide. Students at the university have made a memorial with flowers and...
View Article78 pounds of pot concealed in truck tire
St Charles Sheriff Greg Champagne, along with Lt. Marlon Shuff, narcotics division commander, and Sgt. Bradley Walsh, a detective in the special investigation division, talk about the cache of...
View ArticleBill O'Dowd, creator of Club Connect, talks about access to books
Bill O'Dowd, creator of Club Connect and a board member of the Worldwide Leadership Council of United Way, talks about why the nationwide literacy program he created targets reading at Chalmette...
View ArticleNOPD investigates a shooting and car crash involving a school bus in the St....
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a shooting that ended with a car flipped over and crashed into a school bus at the intersection of St. Thomas Street and Felicity Street in the St....
View ArticleLoren Scott 2-3-15
Economist Loren Scott explains why Louisiana isn't as vulnerable to low oil prices as states such as North Dakota that are more reliant on the shale boom. Scott spoke after addressing the Jefferson...
View ArticleBaton Rouge prison tour
East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Warden Dennis Grimes gave local media a tour of the facility Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, to showcase the deteriorating conditions and poor layout. Grimes and other public...
View ArticleBaton Rouge prison tour
East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Warden Dennis Grimes gave local media a tour of the facility Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, to showcase the deteriorating conditions and poor layout. Grimes and other public...
View ArticleFriends and community members say the death of 17-year-old Tokoyo Palmer is...
Nearly 1500 family members, friends, students and community members gathered at Landry-Walker High School on Wednesday for the funeral of slain 17-year-old Tokoyo Palmer of Algiers. A friend of Palmer...
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