A New Orleans FBI agent fired over his claims that the local U.S. Attorney's Office had mishandled the prosecution of a Louisiana district attorney has his job back. He plans to retire.

A TikTok video showing a ship towering over a New Orleans street has gone viral, reigniting debate about the city’s below-sea-level geography as the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches.

Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. NPR's Michel Martin went to New Orleans to talk with residents who stayed and rebuilt their homes after the storm.

A coroner’s autopsy determined that Bryan drowned after he sustained trauma from an alligator, Kirkpatrick said at a news conference on Wednesday. The boy was found about 200 yards from where the search had started. Kirkpatrick said it is possible his body resurfaced after he died, which is common in drowning deaths.

The LIV Golf League has added a summer tournament in New Orleans to its 2026 tournament calendar after Louisiana agreed to pay the Saudi-backed tour $5 million and spend an additional $2.2 million on

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, closing many businesses including the Six Flags New Orleans amusement park, which ended up under 12 feet of floodwater for weeks. The park never reopened. In the 20 years since Katrina, the 200-acre site has become a ruin of twisted steel and overgrowth, as redevelopment efforts came and went.

A missing 12-year-old boy with autism, whose body was discovered in a New Orleans canal following a nearly two-week-long search, died from “blunt force due to an alligator” and drowning, police said Wednesday.

LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed professional golf tour, will bring a tournament to City Park, marking the league’s first event in Louisiana.