CAIRO (AP) — A blindfolded child reached into a crystal chalice and pulled out a slip of paper — and Egypt’s Coptic Christians had a new pope.
At the Coptic Cathedral, there was a moment...
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Lafourche Parish will contribute $1 million to the cost of building a pipeline designed to send river sediment into disappearing coastal marshes.
The Lafourche Parish Council...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s dueling Republican congressmen, Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry, traded barbs and called each other liars as they squared off in their first debate. They...
BAYOU CORNE (AP) — Officials say a growing, 5.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish swamps gobbled up another strip of land on Tuesday.
John Boudreaux, director of the parish Office of...
NEW YORK (AP) — Two days after Superstorm Sandy brought business in New York City to a standstill, stores that lost power are again serving customers, albeit by flashlight. Companies with closed...
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts fisherman has caught a creepy-looking lobster that’s colored to match Halloween.
The New England Aquarium says the 1-pound female lobster has an orange side...
KIRISHI, Russia (AP) — A box in which parents can leave their babies anonymously without any legal risk opened Wednesday in a town in northwestern Russia — part of an effort that activists...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians are launching a last-minute diplomatic offensive to a series of European countries to vote in favor of their partial statehood bid at the United Nations, a...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As people across Mexico prepare Day of the Dead offerings with flowers, food and candy skulls, thousands of families across the country can’t mourn their loved ones in the...
(AP) — A record number of people have cast ballots in advance of the Nov. 6 election, as about one of every 10 registered Louisiana voters showed up for the week-long early voting period that wrapped...
(AP) — The use of seat belts in Louisiana has reached a record high of 79.3 percent this year. It’s a factor officials say is contributing to the state’s declining highway death rate.
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NEW YORK (AP) — After all the economy-focused campaign talk, voters in some states will get a chance on Election Day to sound off on intriguing topics that the presidential rivals ignored, including...
