(AP) — Louisiana taxpayers are owed $1.3 million in undelivered tax refunds. The Internal Revenue Service is looking to return the money to the nearly 1,400 Louisiana taxpayers who are due refund...

LONDON (AP) — Paramedics, emergency crews, teachers and even some employees from the prime minister's offi ce took to the streets of Britain for the country's largest strike in decades — drawing...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The chairman of Jamaica's governing party has resigned from the Cabinet over allegations that his ministry has mismanaged a sprawling $400 million road program financed by...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The residents of Nome, Alaska, could be looking at a very costly winter with $9-a-gallon gasoline. The coastal city of more than 3,500 residents that is known for the Iditarod...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The planned demolition of the empty Pallas Hotel on New Orleans' Canal Street has been postponed after the state Department of Environmental Quality found hazardous materials inside. "The...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah bird hunter was shot in the buttocks after his dog stepped on a shotgun laid across the bow of a boat. Box Elder County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Potter says the 46-year-old...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI voiced support Wednesday for political actions around the world aimed at eliminating the death penalty, reflecting his stance as an opponent of capital punishment. He...

BROUSSARD (AP) — Broussard Mayor Charles Langlinais is disputing the $825,000 bill Lafayette Utilities System sent his municipality for water the city has consumed, but not purchased, for several...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rice and crawfish farming region on the low-lying southwest Louisiana coast has declared a state of emergency because a large freshwater basin farmers rely on for irrigation...

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Two zebras from a zoo in a Washington, D.C., suburb escaped and briefly wandered through a residential neighborhood before being captured. No one was injured. The Loudoun County...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is using poetry to try to boost traffic safety. City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced a new safety campaign Tuesday called Curbside Haiku. Colorful...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police say three people, including a toddler, remain in critical condition after gunfire erupted while people gathered in Oakland to record a rap music video. Police Chief...