Philanthropy has the opportunity to make a huge difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people as it responds to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. But the risk is great that ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will waive some payments mistakenly given to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters, according to the Washington Post. Some of the overpayments to aid ...

It took four years for the federal government to stop providing rent money for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina — the program ended September 1 — but more than 1,800 families from the Harris ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Goods donated by Bozeman-area residents and businesses to help Hurricane Katrina victims will ...

Superdome without food or water, separated from family members — spurred a massive mobilization of African-American philanthropy. As the devastation wracked the Gulf Coast, black churches, charities, ...

NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who have missed deadline after deadline to leave their federal housing are being offered additional help and the chance to buy trailers for as ...

(Swansea) April 4, 2006 - Despite all the time that has passed since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city of New Orleans, the bodies of victims are still turning up. A South Carolina group called "STARR ...

Five years after Hurricane Katrina tore the roof off of Dorothy McClendon’s Biloxi, Miss., home, sending a deluge behind its walls and upending the ramp required for her wheelchair, she is expecting ...

Gisele Perez lives in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Baldwin Hills, 1,900 miles from her Uncle Roy’s home in New Orleans. Now, she is trying to find him -- long distance. Her hand shaking, Perez ...

WEST ALLIS, Wis., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Hurricane Katrina evacuees who found their way to a shelter in the Milwaukee area are looking for their next home as the shelter announced it would close. Officials ...

When Loras Schrobilgen and Larry Carson went to Louisiana to assist Hurricane Katrina victims, the two Quad-Citians didn’t realize they would be among the first volunteers to enter New Orleans.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve President Bush's request for $51.8 billion in additional, emergency spending to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. The ...