A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation’s worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims against a...
Articles by Michael Kunzelman
As the Superdome’s energy provider and stadium management try to determine what caused a 34-minute power outage at Super Bowl...
More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption...

Businesses and individuals who claim BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money have been paid more...
Only about half the businesses and individuals who asked to be excluded from a proposed settlement over BP’s 2010 oil...
Attorneys for thousands of Gulf Coast property owners urged a federal judge in New Orleans to give his final approval...
Settlements have resolved a Louisiana recording company’s claims against two T-shirt vendors and a restaurant over merchandising rights to the...
A federal appeals court reversed itself recently, throwing out a judge’s landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers was...

A federal appeals court reversed itself this week and threw out a judge’s landmark ruling that the Army Corps of...
Alvin Livers lost his dream home when busted floodwalls unleashed a torrent of water that inundated his New Orleans neighborhood...