MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood. Neighborhood...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Universal Pictures is returning to the Bayou State next month for its next big project — an action thriller with sci-fi elements and starring Tom Cruise. The name of the...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's government has collapsed following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of raising public...

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Baton Rouge police say a teenager died after being shot in the parking of an apartment complex. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely tells The Advocate that 19-year-old Justin Weideman died from...

BOGALUSA (AP) — A proposed amendment to the Bogalusa city ordinance that prohibits the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on public property will get a public hearing this week. The...

KAPLAN, La. (AP) — State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning says a 55-year-old Kaplan man is accused of setting a dozen fires, including one that destroyed the vacant Kaplan Rice Mill. Browning and...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement. Thirty-two undergraduate students are enrolled at Roosevelt University's "Occupy Everywhere" class. It's a three-credit...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An Eni S.p.A. oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in the region, their first alleged assault in months as its purported...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Police fired tear gas Sunday to clear blockades of the Pan-American highway by indigenous groups protesting changes to the mining law. One person was killed and 39 injured in the...

SYDNEY (AP) — Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — With mosquitoes cropping up around the Lafayette area because of recent warm and wet weather, spraying to control the pests is beginning. Glenn Stokes of Mosquito Control Contractors...

WINONA, Minn. (AP) — A Catholic school in Minnesota has suspended a 9-year-old boy for performing a crotch-grabbing Michael Jackson dance move during a fundraiser. Mindy Boberg told the Winona Daily...