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Obama to people of New Orleans: You inspire me, and America

NEW ORLEANS (AP)—Visiting residents on tidy porch stoops and sampling the fried chicken at a corner restaurant, President Barack Obama held out the people...

Bridgewater celebrates New Orleans on Katrina anniversary

Dee Dee Bridgewater, ``Dee Dee's Feathers'' (OKeh/Sony Music/DDB Records)Grammy- and Tony-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater is the most complete jazz singer on the scene today...

Longtime Saints recall the team's role in Katrina recovery

NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ Coming off a career-threatening injury, Drew Brees had little choice but to sign with a downtrodden franchise in a disaster...

Water Seed wows audience at Schenley Plaza

The fourth time was the charm when New Orleans-based funk band Water Seed performed in Schenley Plaza Park as part of the 20th anniversary...

At 20, Manning camp's influence on NFL is widespread

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) _ Archie Manning never really intended the football camp he founded two decades ago to become a magnet for future NFL...

After years of declining crime, a spike in city violence

 CHICAGO (AP) — Police departments across the country that have spent years boasting about plummeting crime numbers are now scrambling to confront something many...

Beyonce, Solange, Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott party at Essence

NEW ORLEANS — The 2015 Essence Music Festival wrapped up with A-listers converging at exclusive after parties all over the Crescent City. Beyonce, Kelly Rowland…

E NOTES… Chicago nowhere near U.S. murder capital

This past winter we witnessed some brutal below zero frigid temperatures so why would the Black doorman of my building always comment that he...

Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark dies in NY at 75

NEW YORK (AP) _ Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark, famed for her gift of capturing searing images of human vulnerability, has died at age...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans: A day of parades, partying

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Revelers bundled up in winter coats with the occasional glitzy costume filled the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday for...

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