PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — Questions mounted Tuesday over crucial DNA evidence linking Amanda Knox and her co-defendant to the murder of her British roommate, with forensic experts giving detailed and...
(AP) — Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says a marsh fire in eastern New Orleans is still smoldering, despite the rainfall from Tropical Storm Lee over the weekend.
Some parts...
SHREVEPORT (AP) — A labor expert says some industries in Louisiana need workers and that might be an indication of economic recovery.
Jacques Lasseigne, director of field operations for the Louisiana...
SULPHUR (AP) — Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso says two women have been killed in a trailer west of Sulphur.
Mancuso tells the American Press the two women were dead when deputies arrived Sunday...
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian court has upheld the conviction of an Amazon rancher found guilty of ordering the killing of an American nun and rain forest activist.
A court in Para state says...
BASTROP, Texas (AP) — A roaring wildfire raced unchecked Monday through rain-starved farm and ranchland in Central Texas, destroying nearly 500 homes during a rapid advance fanned in part by howling...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal regulators say about 60 percent of the normal daily oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is still turned off following the passage of Tropical Storm Lee.
As of Tuesday,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake jolted the western Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing a 12-year-old boy and sending people streaming from their houses and hotels in panic.
Hundreds...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The body of a gazelle lies near an empty feeding bin, flies swarming around the corpse. A male lion growls angrily, leaping toward the front of his cage when a rare visitor...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A top research group rated Zimbabwe's capital as the worst of 140 world cities to live in on Thursday.
The British-based Economist Intelligence Unit said its researchers excluded...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thirteen people including three doctors have been indicted for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to a statement Thursday from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The...
