NEW ORLEANS A judge threw out murder and attempted murder charges Wednesday against seven New Orleans police officers accused of gunning down two men on a bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane ...

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NEW ORLEANS AP - Four New Orleans police officers charged with murder in shootings that took place in the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina will not face the death penalty if convicted, a ...

You know, being *** police officer, you see things that you, you never expect that you would see. You see things that humans shouldn't see, um, but to go to another city. That is in that type of ...

One of the police officers charged with covering up the post-Hurricane Katrina killing of a New Orleans man knew more about the role police played in the incident than he previously had let on, ...

Sheriff Harry Lee and his deputies covering everything in the suburbs including how they got people to buses after the city's flooded. Yes, I was here in the city of New Orleans as the water started ...

PLANO, Texas — When tragedy strikes, dispatchers are often the first voice you hear. Quanise Thomas has been a dispatcher for more than 25 years, and she is used to the question she gets asked often: ...

Those who picked up an edition of the Houston Chronicle on Aug. 31, 2005, would have no doubt heard of Hurricane Katrina and understood its impact. But on the off chance they didn't know beforehand, ...

This story, headlined "Bridge exposes racial divide," was originally published Sept. 22, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On the morning of Aug. 29, 2005, the sky turned a dark gray ahead of what became one of the greatest devastations in Louisiana history. Records from the National Oceanic and ...