ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta police helicopter that crashed and killed two officers on board had been completely refurbished within the last decade, and its pilot and maintenance crew were confident...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency says 363 people died over months of flooding across the West African nation and 2.1 million others were displaced.
The...
BEIRUT (AP) — New chaos engulfed Syria’s civil war Monday as Palestinian supporters and opponents of the embattled regime were swept up in intense fighting in Damascus, while rival rebel groups...
LONDON (AP) — Several hundred protesters wearing masks have gathered outside the British Parliament to mark Guy Fawkes night.
The protesters Monday were supporters of Anonymous, a loosely-organized...
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — On the outside, Unicor, with its big oaks and magnolia trees, looks like it could be part of a landscaped industrial park. Step a little closer, and it’s clear the apparel...
NAPOLEONVILLE (AP) — Assumption Parish sheriff’s deputies say an 11-year-old boy has been charged with making a false bomb threat to a pharmacy.
The Advocate says the pharmacy and a neighboring...
METAIRIE (AP) — People who want to know their mutts’ family background can get reduced-price DNA tests to benefit the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter.
“Who’s Your Daddy?”...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A young boy visiting the Pittsburgh zoo with his mother and friends was killed Sunday when he climbed over a railing and fell about 14 feet into an exhibit that’s home to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Power generators are being marshaled, polling locations moved and voting machines hurriedly put into place as officials prepare to hold an national election in storm-ravaged sections...
CHICAGO (AP) — A 31-year-old amputee has made history, becoming the first person to climb 103 floors of one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers with a bionic leg.
Zac Vawter was wearing a...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards inaugurated a new naval base on Sunday to reinforce Tehran’s authority over three Persian Gulf islands also claimed by the neighboring...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican voters will once again ponder the decades-old question over the island’s political future when they go to the polls Tuesday: What kind of relationship...
