Former New Orleans mayor C. Ray Nagin — who became the face of a desperate, drowning city during Hurricane Katrina — was convicted Wednesday on charges of accepting bribes from city ...

Ray Nagin's first and only political office is as mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin was catapulted onto the world's radar in late August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans and ...

Despite poor reviews of his handling of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin wins a second term, defeating Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu in a runoff election. The voting ...

NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted on federal bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges in 2014, has completed his 10-year sentence and is asking a ...

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was released from federal prison Monday, about three years before he was due to complete his 10-year prison term on corruption charges. Nagin, 63, was the ...

After Hurricane Katrina, then-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was initially hailed for his famous "get off your a***s" public cry to the federal government two days after the storm to put relief ...

(JOHN MCCUSKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE) Greg Meffert, who pleaded guilty to taking about $860,000 in bribes while he was the city's chief technology officer during the Nagin administration ...