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  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Kati Weis

    New Orleans — As the search continues for the last two New Orleans jail escapees who are still at large, several agencies have pitched in to increase the cash reward for information leading to their arrests. The reward has been hiked to $50,000 per escapee, authorities announced Thursday, a hefty increase from the $20,000 amount that had been in place for more than a week following the brazen May 16 escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center. Eight of the 10 have been captured.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Kati Weis |Kiki Intarasuwan

    Two inmates — Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves — who were among 10 people who escaped from a New Orleans jail nearly two weeks ago may be in other cities, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told CBS News in an interview on Wednesday. Eight of the 10 Orleans Parish Prison inmates have been recaptured after their May 16 jailbreak went unnoticed for hours.

  • 3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Kati Weis

    Pope Leo begins papacy amid high hopes America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also has Haitian and Creole ancestors from New Orleans. While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

  • 1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Kati Weis

    DOGE cuts may impact response to oil spill After more than a week of oil shooting vertically out of an unused well off the coast of Louisiana, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Sunday evening that the offshore well blowout — first reported on April 26 — has been controlled.

  • 1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Kati Weis

    Massive Louisiana oil spill Former federal disaster response specialists and national environmental groups warn that DOGE job cuts may hamper the response to a major oil spill off Louisiana's Gulf Coast this week, a leak that is fast contaminating marshlands and threatening vital wildlife habitats and fisheries.

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Kati Weis
Kati Weis @KatiWeis
2 May 25

It's been 15 years this week since the historically destructive Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill in 2010. This week, the @USCG is battling another leak. While this oil spill is so far much smaller, I'm told that the leaking oil well in Garden Island Bay, La., is https://t.co/W8UXYsE5Ka

Kati Weis
Kati Weis @KatiWeis
30 Apr 25

Thanks to @CBSRhymes & the CBS Evening News Plus team for their support of my pursuit to cover this issue that is threatening many U.S. coastal cities. I had no idea how serious it is, until I took a tour of a community an hour south of New Orleans. @CBSNews @CBSEveningNews

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CBS Evening News @CBSEveningNews

Communities along the Mississippi River are facing a growing threat from an intrusion of saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico. For CBS Evening News Plus, @KatiWeis reports it's impacting the seafood industry and raising concerns about the safety of New Orleans' drinking water. https://t.co/pqLVJTOzRg

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Kati Weis @KatiWeis
30 Apr 25

RT @CBSNews: An alleged member of ISIS is being questioned in Iraq after officials there accused him of playing a role in inciting the dead…