(AP) — The Louisiana Board of Ethics is pursuing charges against people without the evidence required to find violations of law, said the chairman of a legislative ethics oversight committee.The...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine lawmakers pushed, punched and threw chairs at each other during a raucous session to choose the president of a northern province's lower house.At least 10...
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A Marine officer suspected of not investigating the deaths of 24 Iraqi men, women and children is being accused of not visiting the scene for 24 hours and submitting...
VIENNA (AP) — In a defiant speech, Iran's president declared Wednesday that his country will enrich uranium to a much higher level — a fresh rejection of an international plan to curb Tehran's...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A school counselor suffering an apparent heart attack died in a Philadelphia emergency room after waiting nearly 80 minutes for help. A trio of homeless drug addicts stole his...
(AP) — Louisiana is getting a $1.7 million federal grant intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to rural communities and other areas with lesser online access.The U.S. Department of Commerce...
(AP) — A government cost-cutting panel rejected a proposal Tuesday to slash the state's work force by 15,000 employees over three years.Instead, the Commission on Streamlining Government favored...
SEATTLE (AP) — A lone officer on patrol Tuesday night spotted a stolen car, its hood up and engine running, and pulled over to check it out. As the patrolman sat in his cruiser, a burly man with...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Tehran is reviewing the option of decreasing cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after it issued a resolution critical...
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — An Argentine couple's bid to unite Tuesday in Latin America's first gay marriage was thwarted when city officials blocked the wedding because of conflicting judicial rulings....
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials...
