NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ray Nagin entered New Orleans City Hall as a cool, confidant self-styled reformer in 2002. He won national notoriety as a passionate, if profane, critic of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He exited in 2010 under suspicion.
The NFL has suspended New Orleans Saints’ head coach Sean Payton for one year as punishment for the team’s admitted use of a bounty system from 2009 to 2011. Payton was aware of the system, which compensated players for hits inflicted on opponents.
Payton’s suspension is slated to begin April 1.
New Orleans’ Ninth Ward lost more than 4,000 homes in 2006′s Hurricane Katrina. For the last four years, Brad Pitt has been helping to rebuild the area through his “Make it Right” foundation.
Pitt took Ellen DeGeneres on a tour of the progress on ‘Ellen.’ What they saw may surprise you.