ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — The first-degree murder trial of Angola 5 defendant Barry S. Edge will go forward in April as planned, despite the Saturday arrest of one of his defense attorneys. The...

CLINTON, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi say charges are pending against a Jackson area teen for pulling a prank on a friend when he advertised a free baby on Craigslist using the friend's cellphone...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's Senate has passed legislation that would require women seeking abortions to undergo noninvasive ultrasounds, days after eliminating a stipulation that the exams be...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 19-year-old Baton Rouge man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and armed robbery charges in the 2010 killing of a 20-year-old woman and was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Prosecutor...

JENNINGS, La. (AP) — The unsolved slayings of eight women in Jefferson Davis Parish will be the subject of an upcoming episode of Investigation Discovery's new "Dark Minds" television series. The...

NEW YORK (AP) — The judges will be watching — were the competitor's knees locked? Were the wrists straight? Did the forehead and the knee connect? If not, points are going to be lost. Seeking...

MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday he doesn't fear assassination attempts, a day after state television reported that security forces had foiled a plot to kill him. Russia's...

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday tossed out a lawsuit by ultraconservative Islamists who accused a Christian tycoon of insulting Islam by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish Royal Court has released the first close-up pictures of the Nordic country's newborn princess and future monarch. The royal court posted the pictures of Crown Princess...

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at his suburban Cleveland high school Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a...

LONDON (AP) — Private intelligence firm Stratfor is in the business of shedding light on the world for its many clients. On Monday, anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks was the one shedding light on Stratfor,...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize jury has received 231 nominations for this year's award, a spokesman said, with publicly disclosed candidates including a former Ukrainian prime minister...