LAFAYETTE (AP) — Lafayette authorities are investigating a possible homicide after finding a body in the trunk of a burning car in a rural part of the parish.
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman...
LONDON (AP) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney was marrying American heiress Nancy Shevell on Sunday at a town hall in central London where a large crowd of fans and paparazzi turned out to greet them.
The...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean student groups that have been protesting more than five months to demand the government improve education have refused the president's request to resume negotiations...
PHOENIX (AP) — The bulls are better tempered, slower and their horns have been blunted, and this definitely isn't Pamplona.
Nonetheless, they are bulls, and nearly two dozen of them will be chasing...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has become the first state to make it illegal for teenagers under 18 to use tanning beds.
Gov. Jerry Brown said Sunday that he has signed SB746 into law. It goes...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A part of Venezuela's capital is giving dangerous drivers the silent treatment, sending mimes into the streets to do what police alone have not: tame the lawless traffic.
About...
GREENSBURG, La. (AP) — Efforts to turn around St. Helena Parish's troubled schools, which languish at the bottom of state rankings, went Hollywood glam at St. Helena Central High School's homecoming.
Actress...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's prime minister is warning that rising floodwaters which have wreaked havoc across the nation are now threatening the capital as the death toll from the worst monsoon rains...
(AP) — A New York investment firm has acquired the Cottages of Baton Rouge, a 392-unit student housing complex.
Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors, the private equity real estate arm of Kayne Anderson...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana may delay the start of the oyster season on most public seed grounds while scientists collect oysters and sediment to check for any damage from last year's BP PLC oil...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on some pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation...
SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge is letting a murder defendant take a two-week, five-state road trip before her arraignment.
Peggy Sue Thomas was arrested this summer at her houseboat in New...
