For many displaced by Hurricane Katrina, distance did not diminish their bond with the city they left behind, even as they built new lives.

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The Category 2 hurricane isn’t expected to make landfall. Still, it’s drawing notice as the first named storm to reach hurricane strength this year.

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The shanty boat was bound for New Orleans, but the destination mattered less than the challenges, chance encounters and lessons learned along the way.

LaToya Cantrell was charged with going to criminal lengths to carry out, and cover up, a romantic relationship with a city police officer assigned to protect her.

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