Kati Weis

1 week 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 week 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.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Kati Weis

An alleged member of the Islamic State is being questioned in Iraq after officials in that country accused him of playing a role in inciting the deadly New Year's Day terror attack in New Orleans. However, U.S. officials say they have not established a direct link between the suspect in Iraq and 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the U.S. citizen from Texas who drove his truck through a crowd of revelers for several blocks on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kati Weis |Andres Triay

An alleged member of the Islamic State is being questioned in Iraq after officials in that country accused him of playing a role in inciting the deadly New Year's Day terror attack in New Orleans. However, U.S. officials say they have not established a direct link between the suspect in Iraq and 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the U.S. citizen from Texas who drove his truck through a crowd of revelers for several blocks on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Kati Weis

Communities along the freshwater Mississippi River are facing a growing threat from an intrusion of saltwater moving the wrong way up the river from the Gulf of Mexico. It has wreaked havoc on public drinking water infrastructure for thousands of people, decimated a once-thriving local seafood industry, and has raised concerns about the future safety of New Orleans' drinking water.