BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s attorney general has spent nearly $24 million building the state’s legal case against BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with much of the money...
NEW YORK (AP) — Was it a proud revelation, or an impassioned case for privacy? A coming-out speech, or a why-SHOULD-I-come-out speech? Too little and too late, or just enough?
Jodie Foster’s...
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina high school teacher who talked glowingly about the U.S. and the importance of embracing freedom while stomping on an American flag in his classroom is still deciding...
HOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she plans to push for an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program under the federal health care law, a surprising decision that could have...
WELSH (AP) — Despite uncertainty surrounding federal farm legislation, agricultural economists are optimistic about the market outlook for rice and soybeans with higher prices and more varieties...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As rain followed rain in south Louisiana, the president of the Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association saw a good chunk of his crop swim over the levees around his ponds while fish...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man says he forgives his parents for allegedly abducting his son nearly 20 years ago and he’s eager to be reacquainted with him.
Richard Wayne Landers Sr....
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — About 200 people attended a public meeting in Newtown, Conn. on Sunday on what to do with Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators...
NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a Reddit co-founder who committed suicide weeks before he was to go on trial on federal charges that he stole millions of scholarly articles is blaming prosecutors for...
CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak’s life sentence and ordered a retrial of the former Egyptian president for failing to prevent the killing of hundreds of...
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — French fighter jets bombed rebel targets in a major city in Mali’s north Sunday, pounding the airport as well as training camps, warehouses and buildings used by the al-Qaida-linked...
PARIS (AP) — Holding ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president’s plan to legalize gay marriage and...
