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New Orleans newspaper cuts one-third of staff
WASHINGTON — The New Orleans Times-Picayune said Tuesday it was cutting nearly one-third of its staff as the biggest newspaper in the city planned to cut back to a schedule of three issues per week. The newspaper said on its website that 202 employees, or 32 percent of the staff,…
Tropical Storm Lee makes landfall in Louisiana
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Lee made landfall in the southern US state of Louisiana on Sunday, bringing with it torrential rains threatening floods in parts of the country, US government forecasters said. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency, saying flooding was the state’s “primary concern.” Lee…
Six more NOLA police officers charged in post-Katrina shootings
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the indictment of six current or former New Orleans Police Department officers in connection to the Danziger Bridge shootings, which occurred during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The new indictments stem from the shooting of six civilians on Sept. 4, 2005 by…
Top BP official on oil rig takes the fifth; another says too sick to testify
After reports that a BP “company man” overruled workers for the oil rig company Transocean on a key safety procedure prior to an explosion which set the rig aflame and sinking into the Gulf of Mexico, a senior BP official that was on the rig when it exploded has told…
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