LAKE CHARLES (AP) — Authorities say a state prison trusty who escaped from a crew picking up litter in Vinton has been caught in Houston.Police say 19-year-old Jamaul LeBleu of the Church Point area...

ST. FRANCISVILLE (AP) — Ten years after five inmates serving life sentences for murder were accused of killing a state prison guard, the first trial has been scheduled.Jury selection is tentatively...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Korean-American missionary who defiantly crossed a frozen river into North Korea intent on urging a change in its leadership has reunited with his overjoyed family, silent and...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president on Sunday ordered his atomic agency to significantly enrich the country's stockpile of uranium, angering Western nations who want the Islamic republic to halt...

ROME (AP) - In a synagogue visit haunted by history, Pope Benedict XVI and Jewish leaders sparred Sunday over the record of the World War II-era pope during the Holocaust and agreed on the need to strengthen...

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Building off a state-developed marketing plan, a group of Louisiana-based companies has started a joint venture that will put Asian carp on retail shelves within weeks.The...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sharply higher numbers of people and businesses in Louisiana sought refuge from debt in federal bankruptcy court, crippled by the housing collapse, credit cards and sharply lower...

BOSTON (AP) — His agenda at risk, President Barack Obama fought Sunday to save a struggling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan. The White...

NEW YORK (AP) — The man returning from Haiti who walked through a restricted door and set off an alarm at John F. Kennedy Airport has told police he went through the door by mistake.An official familiar...

WONDER LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in the northwestern Chicago suburb of Wonder Lake said a persistent house cat probably saved the lives of a couple in a house fire. Assistant Chief Mike Weber...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he wants to beef up the U.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti with 1,500 additional police and 2,000 troops to better respond to the massive earthquake....

MONROE (AP) - The company that hopes to build a new car - the 'V-Vehicle' - in north Louisiana says it is testing its product. David Hitchcock, V-Vehicle's director of Louisiana assembly operations, said...