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Most of Hurricane Katrina's vital statistics are well known: 1,000 people dead, a million displaced. Hundreds of thousands of homes damaged. And in Louisiana alone, 55 million cubic yards of debris... enough to fill the Superdome 11 times.

An estimated 55 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more for the Thanksgiving weekend. The American Automobile Association expects this...

This week on Alt.Latino, we listen to new music and consider the legacy of a man who opened doors for countless Latin rock musicians. Cerati died on Sept. 4 at age 55.

A $55,000 payment from the City of Cincinnati to a Metropolitan Sewer District subcontractor last year is causing turmoil at City Hall.

The 55-year-old man sent the basketball star threatening and sexually explicit messages on social media, then traveled from Texas to Indianapolis to try to encounter her in person, prosecutors say.

Fifty-seven people received payments totaling $5.5 million. "Reparations is not a necessity. But it is a moral compunction and a moral reckoning to right a wrong," said Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Updated: 2:12 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 FBI agents raided a Downtown Cleveland high-rise office building that has been linked to Ukrainian oligarchs in a 2019 lawsuit alleging money laundering. A bureau spokeswoman confirmed agents were present at One Cleveland Center on East 9th Street Tuesday morning. The building belongs to Optima Management Group, a real estate company that also owns 55 Public Square and is an investor in the Westin Cleveland hotel.

Cleveland Metroparks is opening more facilities for the summer season – includes concessions, marinas and beaches – as restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic continue to loosen. Both Edgewater and Huntington beaches will open for guarded swim hours starting June 6, according to a press release, as will Wallace Lake. The Emerald Necklace, Wildwood, and East 55th Street marinas will open June 8, with the first hour reserved for vulnerable populations.

NPR's Scott Simon visited the Inn of Chicago this week, where migrants are now being housed. The building is the same one his father died in 55 years ago.

The primary win may propel Joe Ganim, 55, back into office in mostly Democratic Bridgeport, the largest city in Connecticut, five years after he was released from a federal prison.