Reporting Hurricane Katrina: How covering the story swept journalists into the drama

Reporting Hurricane Katrina: How covering the story swept journalists into the drama
Gunman in on-air deaths remembered as 'professional victim'
Ashley Madison CEO steps down in wake of hacking
Jury mulls fate of defendant in New Hampshire prep school rape trial
Behind bright facade, Mississippi coast still battles Katrina demons
U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection challenge
Carly Fiorina takes a licking but keeps on kicking
Race and its role in New Orleans' recovery 10 years later

Posted: 28 Aug 2015 08:08 AM PDT

Journalists are observers. We are trained to help others by reporting stories, not by becoming part of them. Hurricane Katrina, however, tested those boundaries for many of us.

Gunman in on-air deaths remembered as 'professional victim'

Posted: 28 Aug 2015 10:06 AM PDT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The man who was news director during Vester Flanagan's rocky tenure at Virginia station WDBJ-TV described him as someone who constantly saw himself being victimized by others.

Ashley Madison CEO steps down in wake of hacking

Posted: 28 Aug 2015 08:52 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of the company that runs adultery website Ashley Madison is stepping down in the wake of the massive breach of the company's computer systems and outing of millions of its members.

Jury mulls fate of defendant in New Hampshire prep school rape trial

Posted: 28 Aug 2015 04:03 AM PDT

A New Hampshire jury is set to begin its first full day of deliberations on Friday in the trial of Owen Labrie, a former student at an elite prep school accused of raping a 15-year-old freshman girl on campus days before his graduation. The trial, which began last week, has exposed uncomfortable aspects of the culture of St. Paul's School, a nearly 160-year-old academy whose alumni include powerful U.S. business and political leaders such as Secretary of State John Kerry.

Behind bright facade, Mississippi coast still battles Katrina demons

Posted: 28 Aug 2015 05:27 AM PDT

The columned facade of Pass Christian's city hall looks out over the Mississippi coastline to a refurbished harbor, a new yacht club and a bar where locals streamed in for sundown cocktails. A few miles west, in the city of Bay St. Louis, tourists strolled through the colorful galleries, antique stores and cafes that dot its quaint main street. Ten years ago this week, the eye of Hurricane Katrina ripped through these two small towns, which face each other across a small bay 60 miles (97 km) east of New Orleans.

U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection challenge

Posted: 28 Aug 2015 08:58 AM PDT

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge's ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has raised privacy concerns. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said there were not sufficient grounds for the preliminary injunction imposed by the lower court. The three-judge panel concluded that the case was not moot despite the change in the law and sent the case back to U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon for further proceedings.

Carly Fiorina takes a licking but keeps on kicking

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Race and its role in New Orleans' recovery 10 years later

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 11:14 AM PDT

10 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Yahoo News goes back to explore how far the city has come, what remains to be done and whether race has played a part in the recovery.