(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,...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A man with an AK-47 assault rifle shot an entire group of five uniformed National Guard members eating breakfast at a Nevada IHOP on Tuesday, killing two of them and another...

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...

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...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A businessman convicted of bribing two New Orleans city officials for millions of dollars in City Hall contract work has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison. U.S District...

EXETER, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island State Police say two girls who visited the grave of a 19th-century teen rumored to have been a vampire were killed after their car missed a turn on Purgatory Road...