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Who are Acid Bath? The chaotic, tragic story of the cult metal band supporting System Of A Down and Queens Of The Stone Age next summer

Despite having their career cut brutally short, Acid Bath remain one of the 90s' most influential metal bands. And now they're back

Metal Hammer

New Orleans mayor to appear in court on corruption charges tied to alleged affair

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is set to make her first appearance in federal court to face conspiracy, fraud and obstruction charges tied to what prosecutors have described as a yearslong scheme to conceal a romantic relationship with her bodyguard as the two traveled, wined and dined together on taxpayers’…

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Twenty Years Later, Katrina Still Haunts the Gulf from New Orleans to Houston

A killer storm two decades past still teaches lessons about survival and resilience in a world where weather is getting more extreme.

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New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to $230 million settlement in clergy sex abuse case, attorneys say

The New Orleans Archdiocese has agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse

The Independent UK

New Orleans archdiocese increases sex abuse settlement offer to $230m guaranteed

Increase from initial guarantee of $180m is enough to persuade certain attorneys who were opposed to striking a deal to instead favor settling

The Guardian - US

Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson sing Judas Priest with a busker on the streets of New Orleans

The odds of a metal icon joining you for a singalong on a random street corner are low, but never zero

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Mom arrested after her 12-year-old son wandered off and was killed by an alligator

Bryan Vasquez, who was nonverbal, slipped out of a bedroom window on August 14

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Trump may send troops to Democratic-run New Orleans. Republican state leaders are fine with that

Trump wants to ‘straighten out’ the Crescent City. Unlike his threats to other Democratic strongholds, state officials are welcoming the idea

The Independent UK

‘We need each other’: how a Black church and a white church joined forces after Hurricane Katrina

After New Orleans was ravaged 20 years ago, two places of worship teamed up to offer a space for devastated residents

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump Threatens National Guard Deployment To New Orleans Despite Falling Crime, Sparking Clash With City Leaders

President Donald Trump suggested New Orleans could be the next U.S. city to see National Guard troops on its streets, igniting a sharp divide between Louisiana's Republican governor and the Democratic leaders of the city.

Benzinga

The Latest: New Polish president endorsed by Trump visits White House

Poland’s new president is visiting the White House hoping to strengthen his relationship with President Donald Trump and make the case that the U.S. needs to maintain its strong military presence in his country

The Independent UK

I Expected Katrina: Come Hell And High Water To Be Just Another Documentary. Here's Why I Was Very Wrong

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water is about so much more than the flood.

Cinemablend

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans fired thousands of Black teachers. Twenty years later, these groups are bringing them back

The storm ushered in a blow to the Black educator workforce, which has yet to fully recover

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Katrina 20 years on: A look back at the devastation New Orleans suffered

Footage shows the devastation Louisiana suffered as Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast 20 years ago.

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New Orleans woman was forced out of hard-earned salon at gunpoint during Hurricane Katrina, almost drowned getting to a safe shelter

She is 4 feet 11 inches tall while the water level had hit 5 feet.

The Independent UK

20 years ago Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The Trump administration couldn’t handle a storm of that size, say its own employees

A shake up at FEMA, layoffs, and the Trump administration’s turn away from climate science leave us in a position, experts say

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20 years after Hurricane Katrina: Could cuts to disaster preparedness leave the US vulnerable again?

Experts warn that another Hurricane Katrina isn’t just possible, but it’s also likely.

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Katrina victim identified 20 years later: ‘finally where she belongs’

Guardian US partner WWL Louisiana called in Ray Theriot, who used utility bills, driver’s licenses and property records

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New Orleans marks 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with memorials and brass band parade

New Orleans is set to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast

Cinemablend

Critics Have Seen Katrina: Come Hell Or High Water, And Seem To Be Saying The Same Thing About Netflix's Spike Lee Doc

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water features another great Spike Lee joint

The Guardian - US

Questions linger about NBC News anchor Tom Llamas’s role in 2001 frat house break-in

A frat house rivalry escalated into a home invasion, a severe beating and nearly a dozen arrests – including that of Loyola University New Orleans’ future star alum

The Independent UK

ABC's Robin Roberts retraces her post-Hurricane Katrina journey back to hometown

ABC's Robin Roberts revisits New Orleans 20 years after the destruction of Hurricane Katrina for a news special on rebuilding after the storm

The Independent UK

Non-verbal boy who climbed out of window drowned after ‘blunt force trauma’ by an alligator

The body of Bryan Vasquez was discovered on Tuesday by a drone

The Independent UK

AP reporters reflect on Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later

Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 storm when it made landfall in New Orleans in August 2005

The Guardian - US

‘A gay Mardi Gras’: the lesbian pop-up bar in New Orleans that was born after Hurricane Katrina

Grrlspot, a monthly event in New Orleans, stemmed from a desire to create spaces for queer women to gather after the storm devastated the city in 2005

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