(AP) — The state is about to replace its high school exit exam.Under existing rules, high school students have to pass the Graduation Exit Exam and meet other course requirements to earn a high school...
BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of people will send letters to President Barack Obama this year. Few besides Yang Zili are likely to risk jail by doing so.A Chinese dissident recently freed after eight...
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has brought in the Washington lobbying firm of Patton Boggs to help try to convince Congress to give Louisiana a break from a costly change in the Medicaid...
(AP) — FEMA has urged a federal arbitration panel to reject claims that the state is owed $492 million for hurricane damages to LSU's Charity Hospital in New Orleans.It's the latest development in...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads — and President Obama's lack of engagement — for a bitter election setback in...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians on Wednesday warned Israel they will seek justice for war crimes allegedly committed during last winter's Gaza conflict in the U.N. Security Council and through...
(AP) — Louisiana has raised over $300 million with a tax amnesty program aimed at lessening the effects of budget cuts.Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday called the program a success, noting that it...
KABUL (AP) — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force...
MILAN (AP) — An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against...
RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — A small Northern California city has banned medical marijuana growing and dispensing, a move opponents say will bring lawsuits.
Red Bluff's city council approved two measures...
NEW YORK (AP) — The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a rifle volley salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack.First...
(AP) — The agency that manages Louisiana's vehicles doesn't ensure the state only buys cars it needs and doesn't properly monitor the ones the state does own, according to an audit released Monday.The...
