BEIRUT (AP) — Angry supporters of President Bashar Assad's regime hurled tomatoes and eggs at the U.S. ambassador to Syria on Thursday as he entered the office of a leading opposition figure and...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A civil rights group launched a scathing attack against Los Angeles County's longtime sheriff Wednesday, demanding his resignation and claiming his sprawling jail system fosters...
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Tropical Storm Ophelia caused flooding and cut off several communities on the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica as it regained strength, officials said Wednesday.
About...
LAFAYETTE (AP) — A former Acadiana High School teacher who allowed teenage students to have sex in his apartment while he sometimes secretly filmed them has been sentenced to 27 years in prison.
The...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is poised to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 31, a move that likely would mean an earlier start to the GOP nominating contests than what the national Republican...
PHOENIX (AP) — An Indiana man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he forced his young grandsons on brutal hikes in triple-digit heat at the Grand Canyon.
Christopher Carlson, of Indianapolis,...
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Tribesmen shot down a Yemeni government warplane that was bombing their positions north of the capital Wednesday, military officials said.
A Defense Ministry official confirmed...
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss lawmakers are considering a ban on wearing face-covering veils in some public situations.
Switzerland's lower house of parliament voted 101-77 Wednesday to outlaw veils...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is helping a fellow Republican in his neighboring state drum up cash for the Mississippi governor's race.
Jindal traveled Tuesday to Biloxi, Miss., to attend...
(AP) — The federal Transportation Department has issued a $340,000 grant to Baton Rouge to improve its airline service.
The agency said Tuesday that the grant will be used to provide a revenue guarantee...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Preliminary figures on a new Florida law requiring drug tests for welfare applicants show that they are less likely than other people to use drugs, not more. One famous Floridian...
(AP) — A 13-year-old seventh-grade student at Capitol Middle School has been booked with two counts of attempted murder after he allegedly shot a gun at a vehicle driving away from an apparent drug...
