A year after the Gulf Coast and New Orleans were devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the rebuilding process continues, or in many places, has yet to start. Families are still displaced and businesses are still idled.
Judge dismisses case over Katrina bridge blockade NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a police blockade that kept some Hurricane Katrina victims from crossing a bridge out of New Orleans in the storm's aftermath....
Ex-FEMA worker pleads guilty to $721K fraud JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A former Federal Emergency Management Agency worker and her cousin have pleaded guilty to orchestrating one of the biggest Hurricane Katrina scams to become public since the 2005 storm....