NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast with catastrophic storm surge and flooding, New Orleans marked the storm’s anniversary Friday with solemn ...

1:55 p.m. Aug. 29, 2025: This story updated with new details from today's event. NEW ORLEANS — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast with catastrophic storm surge and ...

I am a native of New Orleans, raised by native New Orleanians whose lives were blended from the neighborhoods of the Irish Channel and Carrollton. Both the Irish and German families took pride in how ...