Robert Durst, the dashing star of HBO’s true crime miniseries The Jinx, was sentenced this morning to seven years and a month in prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon.

More than a decade after six unarmed civilians were shot by police while trying to cross New Orleans’ Danziger Bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, five former officers pleaded guilty in connection with the deadly shooting, NOLA.com reports.

Several protesters were dragged out of a Donald Trump rally in New Orleans last night by his security personnel. Rally attendants yelled “all lives matter” and shoved them as they were being forcibly ejected.

Police reported Sunday that a shooting at a Mardi Gras parade in Pass Christian, Mississippi, left two men dead and four other people injured.

More than a dozen people have been hospitalized after gunfire erupted at Bunny Friend Park in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward on Sunday night, The Guardian reports. Police officers had just arrived to break up a large crowd.

Everyone knows that racism is over in America. We have a black president! Come on. Think about Oprah, and Jay Z is pretty famous too. What’s the problem, all those officially sanctioned monuments to violent white supremacist uprisings against the government? I mean, we’re working on taking them down. Baby steps.

I began teaching in the Social Work Department at North Carolina State University in 2011. As a faculty member teaching the anti-oppression social justice course, I sought to use the lessons of Hurricane Katrina to talk about the history of systemic oppression in the United States.

George W. Bush’s decision to mark the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a celebratory speech in New Orleans has raised a lot of questions. One of those questions is, “what the shit happened to his hair?”

New Orleans, Louisiana: It’s a city that’s been through a lot, but in good times or bad, it’s a fantastic place to dance. Former President George W. Bush knows that whenever you visit, you’ll be welcomed by a hot band and an opportunity to get funky.

The New Orleans I know from my childhood and the one I know of today are two very different places, partially because my ability to understand it has developed as I’ve aged. The other part is the changing demographics of the city.

New Orleans police have apprehended 33-year-old Travis Boys, accused of fatally shooting Daryle Holloway, a 22-year NOPD veteran, while being transported in the back of Holloway’s squad car.

An officer with the Housing Authority of New Orleans was found shot to death in his patrol vehicle at around 7 a.m. Sunday morning, NOLA.com reports. According to police, the car still had its lights on and was in drive, apparently having come to stop after hitting a curb.

Richard White, the 61-year-old taxi driver who was shot by police after attacking TSA agents with a machete on Saturday, has died of his wounds at an area hospital, Reuters reports. Officials said he had a history of mental illness.

A man wielding a machete and wasp spray at the New Orleans international airport was shot by police on Friday, The Times-Picayune reports. The man attacked TSA agents at a security checkpoint before he was shot three times by the on-duty sheriff's deputy.

With the close of the academic year, there are now no traditional public schools in New Orleans. The state-run school district is replacing them all with charter schools. That should fix everything.