RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina is the only southeastern state without a gay marriage ban in its constitution. The idea has gone nowhere in the past as Democratic leaders quashed Republican efforts...
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — A weakened Tropical Storm Nate made landfall on Mexico's Gulf coast Sunday, where officials opened shelters as a precaution but said the storm was having little impact.
Nate...
(AP) — Baton Rouge police say a 21-year-old man has turned himself in for the shooting deaths of a 76-year-old woman and two teenage women, and the wounding of a man who survived.
Cpl. L'Jean McKneely,...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina is the only southeastern state without a gay marriage ban in its constitution. The idea has gone nowhere in the past as Democratic leaders quashed Republican efforts...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful Taliban truck bomb that wounded 77 American soldiers and killed five Afghans outside a combat outpost served as a reminder on Sunday that 10 years after the Sept....
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The elfin child with the big personality and bright smile calls herself "the first lady" and dreams of the future. But doctors say 12-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse has only, perhaps,...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said a terror threat against the city is credible but not corroborated.
U.S. officials said Thursday they were investigating a detailed al-Qaida...
(AP) — The lawyer for suspended LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson has filed a motion seeking the return of property that police took from the player's apartment during the investigation of a bar fight...
BASTROP, Texas (AP) — Firefighters rushed Thursday to prepare their biggest aerial assault yet of a massive wildfire that has raged for days across central Texas, incinerating nearly 1,400 homes...
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has ordered all flags at state building to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Sept. 11.
Jindal's executive order says the move is an expression of respect for Louisiana...
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Ben & Jerry's has Schweddy Balls. Would you like a taste?
Chill out, it's only the name of their new flavor.
Schweddy Balls ice cream is an homage to a 13-year-old "Saturday...
