MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua's Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical storm.Ida...
SEBASTOPOL, Calif. (AP) — The surge in medical marijuana in California has left many communities scrambling to regulate the free-for-all, while others are trying to ban the drug altogether. The issue...
(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...
(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) — The state health department Monday pegged a midyear deficit in Louisiana's Medicaid program at $308 million, giving formal notification of the problem to lawmakers.The shortfall for the $6.5...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — As China's actions to curb gas emissions garnered praise at U.N. climate talks, the United States came under renewed pressure to come up with a plan to cut pollution blamed...
