TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The interim Honduran government on Monday revoked an emergency decree that prohibited large street protests and limited other civil liberties following the return of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined a challenge to the way the death penalty is imposed in Louisiana, rejecting an appeal by a woman convicted for her role in a brutal New Year's Day attack...
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is at odds with a fellow Louisiana Republican over the governor's decision not to seek $300 million in federal stimulus money for a high-speed rail line between New Orleans...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House's national security adviser says the Obama administration is hard at work on fulfilling President Barack Obama's deadline to shut down the Guantanamo detention center...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Parma caused widespread flooding and landslides that buried at least two families in the Philippines, then hung threateningly off the coast Sunday drenching the...
(AP) — First-time claims for unemployment payments dropped just over 5 percent last week in Louisiana.The Louisiana Workforce Commission said that for the week ending Sept. 26, there were 4,519 newly...
(AP) — The state on Friday decided to let an arbitration panel settle its dispute over the federal government's tab for Hurricane Katrina damage to a New Orleans hospital.Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration...
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's dream of an Olympics-sized stimulus was dashed when the 2016 Summer Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, and the loss amounts to more than a bruised ego for the nation's...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The nation's nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services — possibly even closing — because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In an unusually frank disclosure, Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday the country's new uranium enrichment site was built for maximum protection from aerial attack: carved into...
(AP) — The U.S. Labor Department has awarded just more than $907,000 to Louisiana to make technology upgrades to improve the operation and security of unemployment insurance systems. The funds will...
NEW YORK (AP) — An Afghan immigrant pleaded not guilty Tuesday to planning a New York City terrorist attack with bombs made from beauty-supply chemicals — an alleged plot authorities say was...
