(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal sparked upheaval in the usually behind-the-scenes wrangling for House speaker when he backed Lake Charles Republican Chuck Kleckley for the job Wednesday.
A governor's support...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The company that owns the Times-Picayune is paying five New Orleans Saints players including quarterback Drew Brees to promote the newspaper's website through the social media...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal court is being asked to grant constitutional rights to five killer whales that perform at marine parks — an unprecedented and perhaps quixotic legal action that is...
(AP) — A new East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, a new juvenile services facility, a new shared public safety headquarters and a larger addiction treatment facility top a list of about $300 million in...
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's Conservative government introduced legislation Tuesday to scrap a controversial law that requires the registration of rifles and shotguns. Canada has long required registration...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to condemn the U.S. embargo against Cuba for the 20th year in a row.
The final tally was 186-2, with only Israel joining...
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs has been taken apart in Texas.
Technicians at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo removed the uranium Tuesday from the last...
VIDRINE (AP) — Louisiana State Trooper Stephen Hammons says at least 40 people are hunting for an escaped burglar in Evangeline Parish, where witnesses identified him as the robber who held up a...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An international art exhibition has opened in New Orleans.
"Prospect.2" — a follow-up to the "Prospect.1" exhibition of 2008 — opened Saturday. The exhibition includes...
CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Egyptian police launched a nationwide strike Monday to demand better salaries and a purge of former regime officials from senior security posts.
About 3,000 lower-ranking...
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A 15-year-old student was shot in the neck with what appeared to be a small-caliber bullet during a lunch period outside a North Carolina high school Monday and police have...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman accused of trying to sell her 13-year-old daughter's virginity pleaded guilty Monday to two sexual exploitation charges for having the girl model in her underwear...
