LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A probe of bribery in the Lafayette court system has expanded to include a former employee of the Acadiana Outreach Center.
The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/WQPN4Y ) 59-year-old...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Paying a lawn service to mow your yard? Storing your boat at a marina? Contracting with someone to repair your roof? Getting cable or satellite TV piped into your house?
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White has been fired after less than two years on the job.
East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden’s...
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Caught in an ideological crossfire, the Boy Scouts of America is retreating until May from a decision about whether to ease its policy of excluding gays. Whatever the organization...
SEA GIRT, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie lashed out Wednesday at a former White House doctor who said she worries about him dying in office because he is so heavy, telling her to “shut up.”
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MONTROSE, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Department of Transportation says a crew was on the way to place signs warning of low-visibility on Interstate 16 when cars began crashing in a fiery, 27-vehicle...
DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland’s government oversaw workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once held thousands of women and teenage girls in unpaid labor and usually against their will, a fact-finding...
LONDON (AP) — A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Britain cleared a major hurdle Tuesday, as lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposals championed by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — French troops may start pulling out of their anti-extremist operation in Mali as early as next month, handing over to a still-developing African force.
The potential pending...
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 25 years for his wife’s murder told a judge Monday that neither he nor his legal team knew authorities were aware...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Iraq War veteran charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range had been taken to a mental hospital twice in the past five months...
BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say someone dressed as the Cookie Monster has sent a second note regarding a stolen cookie sculpture — this time saying he wants to return it.
But officials...
