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Ex-New Orleans mayor out of prison due to virus threat

| April 28, 2020 7:27 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The former New Orleans mayor who led the city amid Hurricane Katrina's devastation and was later convicted in a corruption case was released from prison early due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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