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...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a student march for free public education on Thursday, hours after protesters' talks with the government collapsed. A...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday she will not run for president, leaving little doubt that the eventual Republican nominee will come from the current field of...

BAKER (AP) — The Baker School Board has voted 4-1 to appoint East Baton Rouge School Board member Vereta Lee as a "literacy coach" at Baker Middle School with an annual salary of $53,070. The Advocate...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge declined Wednesday to find the CIA in contempt for destroying videotapes of Sept. 11 detainee interrogations, saying to do so would serve no beneficial purpose and...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's strict immigration law may be backfiring. Intended to force illegal workers out of jobs, it is also driving away many construction workers, roofers and field hands...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal prosecutor pleaded for leniency Wednesday for two former police officers who pleaded guilty to helping cover up deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's intelligence service said Wednesday it has detained an alleged Chinese spy who tried to obtain designs of an advanced missile system as part of Beijing's efforts to update...

ROME (AP) — An Italian judge who was part of the jury that acquitted Amanda Knox said Wednesday that she and her ex-boyfriend were cleared of murder based on the evidence, but the "real truth" could...

MIAMI (AP) — Programs like NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" and PBS' "Faces of America" are helping fuel genealogy trends. For many Hispanics, tracing family trees hasn't been easy. Now that's changing...