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...

Louisiana's bars and casinos can remain smoke-filled. On Tuesday, the House health care committee refused to advance a scaled-back smoking ban to the House floor for debate, which likely ensures the proposal's...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's two senators have met with President Obama's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor arrived on Capitol Hill Monday hobbling after she broke her...

State Treasurer John Kennedy says Louisiana should aim to trim 15,000 state government jobs over the next three years to help cope with budget problems. Kennedy said the reduction could be accomplished...

(AP) — Makers of pornographic movies should not be eligible for Louisiana's economic incentive system for the film industry, the Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday.Sen. A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell,...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man charged in the killing of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller wants a judge to set bail, even though court records show the suspect has little money and checkered employment. Scott...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The bill making New Hampshire the sixth state to allow gays to marry followed a torturous path this spring — dying and rising to life twice and facing a veto threat —...

FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil (AP) — Military planes located new debris from Air France Flight 447 Wednesday while investigators focused on a nightmarish ordeal in which the jetliner broke up over...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As the 2009 hurricane season arrives, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get. Homeowners from New York to Florida and in the Gulf...

More than 250,000 food stamp recipients in Louisiana got their June benefits up to two weeks early because of what a state agency calls a computer error. Department of Social Services spokesman Trey Williams...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The only thing keeping Gerard Rigney from getting back into his home is the FEMA trailer in his front yard. It needs to vanish so his plumber can redo the piping into the house,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy sank at a 5.7 percent pace as the brute force of the recession carried over into the start of the year. However, many analysts believe activity isn't shrinking nearly...