Despite what's going on in her personal life, she was in New Orleans with family dancing in a traditional second line funeral.

It’s impossible to separate the great city of New Orleans, Louisiana from memorable cuisine. Between incredible seafood, spicy jambalaya and savory gumbo, there is no shortage of delicious food to choose from. But here at #TeamBeautiful, we are decidedly dessert-loving women. And no place on earth does dessert better than Café DuMonde. The legendary donut […]

In a love letter Smith wrote for his family and friends in 2011, he stressed, "When I die I don't want people to cry. I lived a wonderful life."

The former NFL star and commentator admitted to drugging and raping three women in New Orleans, yet still gets plea deal.

City council voted 6-1 to take down the “nuisances” that “have no place in history.”

Also in today's news roundup, an associate of Dylann Roof has been arrested by the FBI in connection with the Emanuel AME shooting and John Boehner is being pressured by the Republicans to cut funding from Planned Parenthood.

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Where is New Orleans 10 years later, take a look at this infographic to see how Hurricane Katrina affected the beloved city.

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Beyoncé and Jay Z have shelled out the big bucks for “La Casa de Castille,” according to Variety. The mansion, located in the heart of the Garden District in New Orleans, is also a former church. Because of course that’s where they would live. At 13, 292 square feet and listed at just $2.6 million (a real steal compared to […]

  The New Orleans Police Department is in trouble for letting a staggering number of serious sexual offenses go uninvestigated. The NOPD Special Victims’ Unit has got to do better than this. According to a new report, five detectives did virtually nothing about more than 1,000 instances sexual crimes and child abuse. Just looking at […]

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin left a federal courthouse a convict today. The politician, who was the public face of the city during Hurricane Katrina, was convicted on 20 of 21 criminal counts of bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud. According to reports, prosecutors said that Nagin accepted illegal gifts from city contractors while in […]