(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...
(AP) — State Treasurer John Kennedy pushed Tuesday for a renovated public hospital in New Orleans, rather than construction of a new replacement facility, saying it would be cheaper to gut and rebuild...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Obama's decision to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago's chances of winning the 2016 Olympics has drawn criticism from some Republicans, who call it a boondoggle for...
(AP) — A member of the panel looking at ways to revamp Louisiana's public college systems questioned the state university budgeting formula, suggesting it may be shortchanging Southern University....
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Flood victims trudged through ankle-deep sludge to crowded relief centers in the Philippines on Tuesday, as the death toll rose to 246 from water that inundated the homes...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.The poll, posted...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow could be back in the huddle in time for Florida's biggest game of the season.Coach Urban Meyer said Monday that his star quarterback was feeling better and eating...
(AP) — Louisiana safety officials said Monday traffic deaths and injuries in Louisiana in 2008 took the sharpest decline in 15 years.In 2008, 913 people were killed in Louisiana traffic crashes,...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers pulled more bodies from swollen rivers Monday as residents started to dig out their homes from under carpets of mud after flooding left 140 people dead in the...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran tested its longest-range missiles Monday and warned they can reach any place that threatens the country, including Israel, parts of Europe and U.S. military bases in the...
PARIS (AP) — Was Roman Polanski "thrown to the lions because of ancient history?" That's what the French culture minister says — though not everyone in France agrees.
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal returned Monday to the campaign fundraising trail, with three events scheduled in the Washington, D.C., area.Jindal's office said the governor was attending a Monday night...
