WASHINGTON (AP) — A white supremacist accused of fatally shooting a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is in no condition to appear in court, a federal judge ruled Monday. James...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An organization that says it wants to reduce the influence of big money in Congress is targeting Sen. Mary Landrieu for her position on a proposed overhaul of the nation's health...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In a massive outpouring reminiscent of the Islamic Revolution three decades ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranians streamed through the capital Monday, and the fist-waving protesters...
Negotiations are under way to bring a country music festival to Baton Rouge over Memorial Day weekend next year.
Baton Rouge officials say they're working with New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival promoter...
The Girl Scouts, the Awesome Ladies of Distinction and the Special Olympics are caught in a state Capitol tug-of-war.
Those projects are among hundreds of favored add-ons that lawmakers inserted in next...
WASHINGTON (AP) — No more "light" cigarettes or candy-flavored smokes. Bigger, scarier warning labels. Fewer ads featuring sexy young smokers.
Historic anti-smoking legislation sped to final congressional...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been released from quarantine in China. A spokeswoman says that the mayor is on a plane headed for Australia. Nagin, his wife, and one of his guards...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials moved swiftly Wednesday to use the suicide bombing of a luxury hotel in their campaign to build public support for military offensives against the Taliban, saying...
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is gearing up to declare a swine flu pandemic, a move that could trigger both the large-scale production of vaccines and questions about why the step was...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The sentencing of two American journalists to 12 years in a North Korean labor prison sets the stage for possible negotiations with the reclusive nation for their release...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chinese authorities have quarantined New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, his wife and a security guard in Shanghai after another traveler on their flight from New Jersey exhibited suspected...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, his wife, Seletha, and a member of his security detail remained in quarantine in China on Tuesday.
The three have been in quarantine at a Shanghai...
