New York City is at seven." Scharf says, according to city records, there were 265 murders in New Orleans last year, 258 murders in 2003, and 275 in 2002.

NEW ORLEANS — Reshaped in the wake of disaster. That’s how education leaders in New Orleans describe the city’s public school system after Hurricane Katrina. “I think as we rebuilt the ...

Film New Orleans, a division of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy, is launching a special film and discussion series in recognition of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Through powerful ...

It was just 30 days after Hurricane Katrina marauded across New Orleans when artist Jeffrey Holmes and his then-wife Andrea Garland hauled the waterlogged furniture out of their art gallery ...