BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Newly released recordings of 911 calls from hikers who came upon a fatal bear mauling in Yellowstone National Park reveal a harrowing scene in which the hikers heard a bear's...

HOUMA (AP) — Surprise! It's a baby!   Marjorie Rodrigue, 43, of Houma, said she didn't even know she was pregnant when she called an ambulance Sunday night and went to Terrebonne General Medical...

MONROE (AP) — A 22-year-old West Monroe man has admitted to  shooting a bald eagle found beheaded in Franklin Parish, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesman Adam Einck said...

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police cleared a university where Turkish President Abdullah Gul was due to speak after receiving a bomb threat Tuesday. Police asked people to leave the auditorium at Humboldt...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Thousands of protesters backed by military defectors seized a base of the elite Republican Guards on Monday, weakening the control of Yemen's embattled president over this poor,...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Two 17th century colonial paintings stolen from a Roman Catholic church in Bolivia more than 13 years ago have been recovered and returned to the South American country. A...

POWAY, Calif. (AP) — A public interest law center says it will request a full appellate court review of a ruling prohibiting the display of banners referring to God in a San Diego County classroom. The...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Companies responsible for a 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill that occurred when a ship slammed into a bridge agreed Monday to pay $44.4 million toward the cleanup and damage...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans' rich melting-pot history has always been a big draw for authors. But telling it through the eyes of two antebellum 9-year-old girls — one black, one white —...

SHREVEPORT (AP) — Shreveport officials may be forced to tell residents to restrict how much water they use. The Times reports city officials are measuring how much water is used over the next 10...

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan's official news agency says Sudan and its newest neighbor, South Sudan, have signed their first agreement since their split in July. The Sudanese news agency says the...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A church parishioner says he helped tackle a man who shot two Florida pastors and was able to wrestle the gun away from the suspect. Derrick Foster tells The Associated Press...