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 ...

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's memory wasn't so good when it came to questions about private jet travel or his dealings on a Home Depot development plan, a federal agent testified Wednesday as ...

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 ...

While in office, Mayor Ray Nagin accepted a $50,000 payoff and shipments of free granite from city vendor Frank Fradella, and after leaving City Hall, he became a highly paid consultant to Fradella, ...

Former Mayor Ray Nagin, now serving a 10-year prison sentence after his conviction last year on corruption charges, is asking an appellate court to vacate the verdict against him on the grounds that ...

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 ...

The fact that former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was even elected shows how much New Orleans wanted someone different. He came into politics from corporate America with no experience in government.

Ray Nagin rose to American political fame in swift, albeit uncensored, fashion -- as the New Orleans mayor who publicly trashed and pleaded with President George W. Bush to save his city in the ...

NEWORLEANS - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 federal corruption counts. The 25-page indictment that came down Friday included charges of conspiracy, bribery, ...

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 ...

Newly re-elected Mayor Ray Nagin immediately began trying to mend ties with political opponents and crucial leaders on Sunday as he looked ahead to another four years to oversee reconstruction of this ...