Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Gulfport, MS (AHN) - Authorities say two construction workers assigned with the Marines perished while working on a demolition project in the wake zone of Katrina and Wilma at Grand Casino in Gulfport. The duo was pumping water out of a section of the casino...

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Crawford, TX (AHN)- President Bush is heading for New Orleans this morning for his tenth Gulf Coast visit since Hurricane Katrina struck last year. He's also stopping in Gulfport, Mississippi. The President will face questions about whether residents will be...

AP - The House voted to renew the USA Patriot Act Tuesday night, extending a centerpiece of the war on terrorism at President Bush's urging after months of political combat over the balance between privacy rights and the pursuit of potential terrorists.

AP - Congress was poised to send President Bush a renewal of the Patriot Act Tuesday night after months of bitter fighting, authorizing law enforcement to keep its anti-terror tools but with some new curbs on government prying.

Reuters - It isn't the spring-break beach holiday most U.S. college students dream of, but with the shore still strewn with wreckage and homes in shambles from Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Coast is the destination of choice for thousands like Greg Hall.