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Hurricane Katrina investigation report [US Senate HSGA Comm.]
Hurricane Katrina investigation report, US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, April 27, 2006 . Read the full text of the report and additional documentation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Senate inquiry recommends scrapping FEMA after Katrina disaster
A US Senate panel conducting an investigation into the federal response to Hurricane Katrina has concluded that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be abolished and replaced with a new federal agency with more authority over emergency (More) |
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Katrina evacuees begin voting in disputed New Orleans election
The first voters will cast their ballots Monday in New Orleans municipal elections under Louisiana's displaced voters plan , after a federal judge refused to delay elections late last month. Hurricane Katrina evacuees who are currently residi (More) |
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FBI to probe fraud allegations in Red Cross Katrina relief efforts
The FBI has said that it will look into allegations of illegal activities connected to the distribution of millions of dollars worth of Red Cross supplies in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina . The announcement comes in the midst of a pendin (More) |
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Louisiana Senate panel nixes satellite voting centers for Katrina refugees
A Louisiana State Senate committee has rejected a bill that would have made it easier for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina to vote in next month's New Orleans municipal elections . The bill would have created polling places in other st (More) |
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Louisiana AG investigating Red Cross over Katrina fraud accusations
Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. Monday announced an investigation into the American Red Cross over accusations that some of its volunteers stole money from Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Foti reportedly opened the investigation af (More) |
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Federal judge refuses to delay New Orleans elections
US District Judge Ivan Lemelle on Monday refused to order changes to New Orleans municipal elections scheduled for April 22. Lemelle held a hearing Monday morning to consider arguments from civil rights groups that the elections should be postpone (More) |
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Federal judge to reconsider postponing New Orleans election
US District Judge Ivan Lemelle will hold a hearing Monday to hear arguments from civil rights groups that the upcoming April 22 municipal elections in New Orleans should be postponed because many African-American residents have been displaced outsi (More) |
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Katrina insurance case going to trial in Mississippi
A judge in Mississippi Friday issued the first federal ruling on insurance litigation related to the Hurricane Katrina disaster , denying a request from Allstate Insurance Co. to dismiss a case brought by homeowners claiming that Allstate represent (More) |
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Justice Department clears New Orleans election over black protests
The US Justice Department Thursday invoked its authority under the 1965 Voting Rights Act to approve scheduled April 22 municipal elections in New Orleans . African American leaders had pressed the Department to block the vote on the grounds that i (More) |
Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes
On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.
Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.
