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Preparations for first federal Vioxx trial underway in Houston
Trial preparations commenced Thursday in federal court in Houston for the first federal civil trial involving the Merck-manufactured Vioxx painkiller. Earlier this month, New Orleans-based US District Judge Eldon Fallon, charged with managing the h (More) |
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New Orleans police department investigating officer involvement in post-Katrina looting
The New Orleans police department Thursday launched an investigation into police officers' alleged participation in looting that occurred in the wake of Hurricane Katrina . News reports filed in the wake of the hurricane placed some officers at (More) |
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UN refugee head says obligations to 'internal refugees' being recognized
Antonio Guterres , the new UN High Commissioner for Refugees and former Portuguese prime minister, said Tuesday that international awareness of internal refugee issues was increasing and that countries had started to act to set and fulfil obligatio (More) |
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New Orleans police chief resigns as tribunal for missing officers announced
The embattled chief of the New Orleans Police Department resigned his position Tuesday on the same day he announced the establishment of a special tribunal to contend with the nearly 250 New Orleans police officers who went missing from their posts (More) |
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Mississippi legislature reconvenes to take up Katrina relief bills
The Mississippi Legislature convened for a special session Tuesday to begin work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina . Gov. Haley Barbour addressed lawmakers [AP report; full transcript] at the session and challenged them to help rebuild coastal (More) |
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Reports of widespread crime, violence after Katrina said to be unsupported
Television and newspaper reports of widespread crime and violence in the days following Hurricane Katrina are proving to be largely unsupported or exaggerated, according to recent reports by journalists and officials. The New Orleans Times-Picayune (More) |
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New Jersey sues gas and oil companies for Katrina price hike
New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey filed lawsuits Monday against Hess [corporate website; PDF complaint], Shell [corporate website; PDF complaint], and Sunoco [corporate website; PDF complaint], alleging that the oil and gas giants and seve (More) |
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Bush call for Pentagon lead in disaster response raises law enforcement issue
In a briefing Sunday to military task force officials participating in Hurricane Rita relief efforts, President Bush suggested that the Pentagon, rather than state and local agencies, should be in charge of the response to future substantial disast (More) |
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US considers Jones Act waiver to allow oil shipments after Rita
The Bush administration may again decide to temporarily suspend the Jones Act in order to facilitate petroleum shipments between US ports if Hurricane Rita hinders supplies from reaching refineries, according to a government source Friday. The law (More) |
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NRA fights 'arbitrary' weapons seizures in New Orleans after Katrina
A federal district court sided with two national gun rights groups Friday by issuing a restraining order to stop Louisiana law enforcement officials from taking weapons away from individual gun-owners in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , accordi (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.
