NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After 170 years fishing and crabbing in the swamps of south Louisiana, the Isle de de Jean Charles Band of Boloxi-Chitimacha-Choctow has decided to move away from its ancestral...
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is urging the Minerals Management Service to expand offshore drilling, but to also pay Louisiana more to fix the damage offshore drilling has caused to the state's coast....
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. Embassy and other American offices in South Africa have been ordered closed for at least two days this week because of unspecified security concerns, U.S. and South African...
CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia has dug into its oil-fueled coffers to set up a new research university, a multibillion dollar coed venture built on the promise of scientific freedom in a region where...
AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) — Neighborhoods, schools and even roller coasters at Six Flags over Georgia were awash in several feet of murky, brown water Tuesday, and officials found a ninth storm victim who...
WASHINGTON (AP) — They were calling it the tax on Q-tips.Amid Republican ridicule, a Democratic chairman backed down Tuesday and exempted consumer items of $100 or less — from condoms to contact...
(AP) — The costs of swine flu are pushing Louisiana's Medicaid program over budget, and the state health secretary said Monday he expects a midyear deficit that will need to be closed. Health and...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Government scientists reached down 1,500 feet off Louisiana‘s coast and pulled up a giant squid, the first ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico. The last time scientists got...
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The interim government in Honduras has ordered a 15-hour curfew after ousted President Manuel Zelaya unexpectedly returned home and supporters gathered in the streets...
ATLANTA (AP) — A two-year-old boy has been found dead in Georgia after floodwaters swept him from his father's arms, and authorities say at least four others have died across the Southeast as rains...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Louisiana congressman convicted of corruption has lost his bid for a new trial in federal court. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, Va., denied a request...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China's ambition to grow quickly but cleanly soon may vault it to "front-runner" status — far ahead of the United States — in taking on global warming, the U.N....
