In Ray Nagin trial, jurors will begin deliberating today
Closing arguments have begun in the federal corruption trial against former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. Federal prosecutors presented their closing arguments referring to Nagin as a 'corrupt...
View ArticleRay Nagin's fate in jury's hand
Robert McClendon, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reporter inside the Ray Nagin trial, talks about closing arguments and what's next in the 21-count corruption case.
View ArticleFormer Orleans sheriff's candidate Ira Thomas endorses Charles Foti for sheriff
After campaigning for sheriff as a reformer who represented a new direction away from 40 years of mismanagement at Orleans Parish Prison, School Board member Ira Thomas changed his tune on Monday,...
View ArticleRay Nagin trial update: jury deliberations ongoing
Nola.com | The Times-Picayune criminal justice reporter Ginny LaRoe talks with reporter Robert McClendon about where things stand with the jury as deliberations continue.
View ArticleWhat kind of prison time is Ray Nagin facing if convicted?
Criminal justice editor Ginny LaRoe talks with former federal prosecutor Tania Tetlow, a Tulane law professor, about the prison term Ray Nagin could face if convicted of federal corruption charges.
View ArticleSouthern University students stages sit-in, urges board to reconsider decision
Southern University students are staging a sit-in outside of System President Ronald Mason, demanding that he speak with students and hoping their actions sends a message to the Board of Supervisors to...
View ArticleSouthern University students stages sit-in, urges board to reconsider decision
Southern University students are staging a sit-in outside of System President Ronald Mason, demanding that he speak with students and hoping their actions send a message to the Board of Supervisors to...
View ArticleDrainage project along the Uptown parade route could affect businesses and...
The Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project is one of many drainage projects around the city aimed at reducing flooding from rainstorms. Part of the project that runs along Napoleon and...
View ArticlePhillip Joffrion, Americans For Prosperity
Phillip Joffrion, head of the Louisiana chapter of Americans For Prosperity, talks about a pledge opposing Medicaid expansion that he is asking all Louisiana state legislators to sign.
View ArticleHoly Cross School bucked the trend of declining private school enrollment...
Founded by Father Basil Moreau in 1849, Holy Cross School has bucked the recent trend of declining private school enrollment. The all boys Catholic school serves young men from 5th through 12th grades....
View ArticleWatch Ray Nagin leave federal court
Ray Nagin leaves federal court after being found guilty on 20 of 21 corruption charges.
View ArticleJohn Young on the year ahead for the West Bank
Parish President John Young describes the year ahead in development in Jefferson Parish.
View ArticleResidents react to the verdict against Ray Nagin
Today, jurors found former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin guilty on 20 of the 21 charges against him that included wire fraud, conspiracy, bribery and filing false tax returns. Local residents react to...
View ArticleBluefin tuna heart cell
This is a movie of a contracting bluefin tuna heart cell with patch clamp electrode. This test helped scientists determine the effects of chemicals contained in oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill...
View ArticleTales from a female engineer in the oil patch
Debbie Settoon, a 30-year veteran of the oil and gas industry, shares stories from her early days working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleNBA All-Star Weekend tips off with NBA legends visiting children at Ochsner...
The 2014 NBA All-Star weekend tipped off in New Orleans with the NBA Cares program visiting children at Ochsner Medical Center on Thursday, Feb. 13. The program features more than 35 community service...
View ArticleRay Nagin trial reporters answer your questions
Nola.com | The Times-Picayune Ray Nagin trial reporters Juliet Linderman, Mark Waller and Robert McClendon answer readers' questions about the trial and its aftermath in this live video.
View ArticleNBA wives at Young Audiences Charter School in Gretna
NBA All-Star Week crossed the river into Gretna on Feb. 13 as Young Audiences Charter School on Virgil Street got a special treat: “Behind the Bench,” a project of the National Basketball Wives...
View ArticleNBA star Greg Monroe comes home to Gretna
Greg Monroe, Detroit Pistons basketball star and a Helen Cox High School graduate, was honoree at a free youth sports program sponsored by Oakdale Playground in Gretna on Feb. 13.
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