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The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued three crewmembers aboard an uninspected towing vessel taking on water and reportedly grounded in Lake Pontchartrain.more>> The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued three crewmembers aboard an uninspected towing vessel taking on water and reportedly grounded in Lake Pontchartrain.more>> The incident began at about 2 p.m. as a domestic disturbance call on Deborah Drive near Hammond.
more>> The incident began at about 2 p.m. as a domestic disturbance call on Deborah Drive near Hammond.
more>> Police responded to a double shooting Tuesday night in the 7th Ward.more>> Police responded to a double shooting Tuesday night in the 7th Ward.more>> The Regional Transit Authority wants to build a massive transit hub in downtown New Orleans to ease the commute for thousands of public transportation riders.more>> The Regional Transit Authority wants to build a massive transit hub in downtown New Orleans to ease the commute for thousands of public transportation riders.more>> Just days before the fourth anniversary of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill, BP has ended its "active" cleanup of Louisiana's coast.more>> Just days before the fourth anniversary of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill, BP has ended its "active" cleanup of Louisiana's coast.more>> A senior federal infectious disease investigator said there was no attempt to hide information about a deadly fungus that killed five children at Children's Hospital between 2008 and 2009.
more>> A senior federal infectious disease investigator said there was no attempt to hide information about a deadly fungus that killed five children at Children's Hospital between 2008 and 2009.
more>> A man already accused of committing two home invasions is now linked to a brazen attack and armed robbery in Mid-City.more>> A man already accused of committing two home invasions is now linked to a brazen attack and armed robbery in Mid-City.more>> Crumbling tombstones and weed covered pathways plagued the historic cemeteries in the Carrollton area.more>> Crumbling tombstones and weed covered pathways plagued the historic cemeteries in the Carrollton area. "It really looks like it was run over by a tractor trailer in some places," said Earlyn Erabino.more>> Nearly two dozen students and parents protested Tuesday, saying students are treated inhumanely and three schools have expulsion rates up to seven times higher than the state average.more>> Nearly two dozen students and parents protested at the Recovery School District offices Tuesday, saying students are treated inhumanely and three schools – including Carver Prep – have expulsion rates up to seven times higher than the state average.more>> On Tuesday, work crews began removing a fence at Newcomb Boulevard and Freret Street that essentially privatized the street.more>> On Tuesday, work crews began removing a fence at Newcomb Boulevard and Freret Street that essentially privatized the street.more>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Current and former federal officials who played key roles in the investigation of one of the nation's worst aviation disasters say they stand by their conclusion that the crash of TWA flight 800 was caused by an accidental fuel tank explosion, and not a bomb or missile.
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday provided the news media with a detailed briefing on the board's four-year investigation following the explosion and crash of the Boeing 747 off Long Island, N.Y., on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people on board.
A documentary film set to air this month on the 17th anniversary of the tragedy says new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.
Three former investigators appear in the film.
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