A federal grand jury returned a 21 count indictment against former Mayor Ray Nagin this morning at federal court in downtown New Orleans. Nagin's charges include money laundering, filing false tax ...

The wife of Ray Nagin defended her husband in a letter to Judge Ginger Berrigan, who will announce a sentence for the former New Orleans mayor on Wednesday.Seletha Nagin didn't ask for mercy; she ...

Ray Nagin wasn't as good at leading as he was at surviving. As a candidate for mayor in 2002, he wasn't black enough for those who believe race is quantifiable and keep measurements on file. So he won ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Monday summed up their case for convicting former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin of corruption during his two terms as mayor — a period that included the ...

There are a few more details on former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin’s release from federal prison. Although he’s now at his home in Texas, Nagin is officially still in federal custody according to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison ...

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin told a jury today that he didn’t know a one-time city vendor paid for his family’s vacation to Hawaii in 2004, a trip that prosecutors have cast as one of several ...

Because the criminal charges against former Mayor Ray Nagin include allegations that Nagin's family members received payoffs in exchange for city contracts, there has been speculation that Nagin's two ...

It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and there is plenty of blame to go around about what happened. Poverty is partly why over 1,000 people died. And Kanye West was right ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Ray Nagin pledged a smarter, more efficient, business friendly government. 'I see a great future for New Orleans,' Nagin said in his 2002 inauguration speech. And he started with strong ...

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $84,264 in restitution. Nagin was already forced to forfeit more than $500,000 in May. Nagin, 58, was ...

New Orleans' controversial mayor is now officially a character. The scathingly satirical Ray Nagin Coloring Book pairs the mayor's at-times baffling comments with illustrations that creator Karen ...