NEW ORLEANS Ray Nagin's calm, cool demeanor during direct examination quickly turned to exasperation when prosecutors began their cross-examination Thursday, drawing him into terse, defiant retorts. U ...

NEW ORLEANS — Federal prosecutors on Monday summed up their case for convicting former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin of corruption during his two terms as mayor — a period that included the devastation ...

*A few days ago, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin made a dramatic return to the public eye. He delivered his first speech in over 10 years at Household of Faith Church in Harvey, Louisiana. Nagin, ...

NEW ORLEANS The witness lists for former Mayor Ray Nagin's corruption trial that were due Wednesday have not been released publicly, but WWL-TV has confirmed that Nagin subpoenaed his former neighbor ...

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin usually reserves his Sundays to spend time with his family. But he postponed his plans to attend the opening reception and dinner of the Flight of Friendship tour, which ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In sharp exchanges Thursday with a prosecutor in his corruption trial, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin flatly denied seeking $60,000 from a contractor who had just been turned ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was convicted Wednesday on charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities from contractors in exchange for helping them secure ...

NEW ORLEANS >> Federal prosecutors Monday summed up their case for convicting former Mayor Ray Nagin of corruption during his two terms as mayor, a period that included the devastation of Hurricane ...

Nagin will be required to relinquish his freedom on Sept. 8, when he will begin a very different life behind bars. “Corruption breeds public cynicism, nowhere more than New Orleans, where the ...

COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. ELIZABETH AND DEREK, AS WE BEGIN THE WEEK. THAT OFFICIALLY MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA CHANGED THE WAY OF LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS. TODAY, FORMER MAYOR RAY NAGIN SPOKE ...

It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and there is plenty of blame to go around about what happened. Poverty is partly why over 1,000 people died. And Kanye West was right ...

NEW ORLEANS - Amid supporters cheering his re-election, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said his city is "ready to take off." Nagin narrowly held back challenger Mitch Landrieu, Louisiana's lieutenant ...