The spirit of Satchmo survives in Tokyo
Yoshio Toyama and his wife, Keiko, have spent most of their lives as unofficial musical ambassadors between Japan and the American city of New Orleans. In New Orleans, Toyama, a trumpeter and singer, is known as the "Satchmo of Japan" for his skillful ability to ...
The river that drains much of the flood-soaked United States is still running higher than normal, menacing New Orleans in multiple ways just as the hurricane season intensifies. For months now, a massive volume of water has been pushing against the levees keeping a city ...
Barry, downgraded to tropical depression, spins north from New Orleans area into Arkansas
Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many along the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north. Barry was downgraded from a tropical storm Sunday afternoon but continued to ...
U.S. warnings of heavy rain, tornadoes from weakening storm Barry
Tropical Storm Barry buffeted the U.S. state of Louisiana on Sunday, bringing warnings of heavy rain and possible tornadoes even as it weakened. After briefly becoming the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, Barry was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall Saturday. It ...
Obamacare's future in play as U.S. appeals court weighs its constitutionality
The future of Obamacare could be at stake on Tuesday when a group of Democratic-led states and the House of Representatives urge a federal appeals court to overturn a Texas judge's ruling that the U.S. health care reform law is unconstitutional. Republicans have repeatedly tried ...
Rock pioneer Dave Bartholomew, co-wrote 'Ain't That a Shame,' dies at 100
Dave Bartholomew, a giant of New Orleans music and a rock n' roll pioneer who with Fats Domino co-wrote and produced such classics as "Ain't That a Shame," "I'm Walkin' " and "Let the Four Winds Blow," has died. He was 100. Bartholomew, a member ...
Paddle-wheelers stage Mississippi River revival as Big Easy tourism rebounds
Few experiences capture old New Orleans and the Mississippi River quite like a paddlewheel riverboat coming round the muddy bend with its tooting whistle horn, towering smoke stacks and water-churning propeller. This month the first new riverboat in more than a decade is set to ...
Hurricane Nate threatens New Orleans, Gulf Coast region after killing 25 in Central America
Hurricane Nate may strengthen on Saturday, threatening to hit the U.S. central Gulf Coast with strong winds and storm surges after it killed at least 25 people in Central America. New Orleans evacuated some residents from areas outside its levee system as Nate, a Category ...
June Yamagishi: Hitting New Orleans with a suitcase and a guitar
Musician's relaxed personality fits the homegrown lifestyle of the 'Big Easy' well.
Police on Sunday identified the man who allegedly plowed into a crowd enjoying a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans while intoxicated. The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement identifying the man as 25-year-old Neilson Rizzuto. He's being held at the city's jail and ...
Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New Orleans and earned him decades of national television fame, died Saturday of heart failure. He was 86. Benny Harrell, Fountain's son-in-law and manager, said Fountain was in hospice care ...
New Orleans man fulfills grandma's dying wish, brings home remains of uncle lost in WWII
More than seven decades after being killed during World War II, Pvt. Earl Joseph Keating finally came home to his native New Orleans after his remains were discovered on the Pacific island where he died in 1942. It's a journey long in the making. Keating's nephew, ...
