AP - A federal judge has dismissed claims against the government in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of three people who died in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
AP - The state on Wednesday dropped 36 counts of cruelty to the infirm against the owners of a nursing home where 35 people died in the flooding of Hurricane Katrina.
AP - Autopsies have been completed for the four patients connected to the only criminal case arising from hospital deaths in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, but the results will remain secret while a grand jury considers indictments, the coroner said Wednesday.
AP - Louisiana's $7.5 billion program to buy out homeowners or help them rebuild is going broke, the governor is warning in another crisis in the long-mired effort to rescue neighborhoods smashed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
AP - The state on Wednesday dropped 36 counts of cruelty to the infirm against the owners of a nursing home where 35 people died in the flooding of Hurricane Katrina.
AP - Autopsies have been completed for the four patients connected to the only criminal case arising from hospital deaths in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, but the results will remain secret while a grand jury considers indictments, the coroner said Wednesday.
AP - The city's population has surpassed half of its count before Hurricane Katrina emptied the city, according to a new report based on utility hookups.
