NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal officials plan to ban sales of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico unless the shellfish are treated to destroy potentially deadly bacteria — a requirement...

(AP) — A commission charged with revamping Louisiana's higher education systems is recommending tougher admission standards at four-year universities, as a way to try to boost graduation rates.The...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan pressed an offensive deeper into Taliban territory along the Afghan border Tuesday, claiming to have killed 42 militants in the latest stage of an assault seen as crucial...

GENESEO, N.Y. (AP) — Two former members of a banned college fraternity at a western New York campus admitted Tuesday they plied a student with so much beer, champagne and vodka during a three-day...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu is under pressure from most of Louisiana's congressional delegation to support Republican Sen. David Vitter's proposal requiring that next year's...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The president and CEO of the company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic says the company is interested in conducting its first salvage since 2004 at the world's...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University police say a graduate student fatally shot himself in a professor's office.ASU police commander James Hardina says the shooting occurred about 11:40 a.m....

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's government made progress on a new election law that could ease tensions and pledged tighter security Monday after suicide bombings claimed at least 155 lives, including as many...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans' controversial mayor is now officially a character.The scathingly satirical Ray Nagin Coloring Book pairs the mayor's at-times baffling comments with illustrations...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There are many events during the year that a Louisiana duck hunter can count on to bring joy, satisfaction or disappointment.And then there is one moment that carries inescapable...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of dead fish are washing up on the shores of a lagoon in Puerto Rico's capital.Javier Laureano of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program says the deaths are not related...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Move over, it's Saturday night at Club Bounce and people are bouncing onto the dance floor in a big, big way.These are big, big people, all dressed to the nines and many...