Repair work is underway at the 17th Street Canal levee.When Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore August 29, the failure of the wall and other breaches in the city's levee system led to flooding of much of New Orleans. This prompted investigations that have raised questions about the basic design and construction of the floodwalls.
This winter, U.S. News & World Report photographer Jim Lo Scalzo drove the length of the U.S.-Mexican border from El Paso, Texas, to San Diego, Calif.
(3/10/06)
Yemen, an impoverished Muslim nation on the Arabian Peninsula, became a surprising U.S. ally in the wake of September 11. A look at the country and its people
(3/3/06)
