WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The images are haunting: naked and emaciated children at Auschwitz standing shoulder-to-shoulder, adult prisoners in striped garb posing for police-style mug shots.
One of...
(AP) — A Thibodaux lawmaker hit the first benchmark Tuesday in his effort to revisit Gov. Bobby Jindal’s recent budget cuts in a November special session.
Thirty-nine House members, Republicans...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil giant BP has asked a federal judge to disregard objections from a fraction of claimants and give final approval to a proposed multibillion-dollar settlement over economic damages...
WINNSBORO (AP) — Forensic evidence indicates that a 20-year woman suffering from extensive burns set herself on fire then invented a story about being doused in flammable liquid by three men who...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana stepped between women and their physicians when it enacted a law that blocked Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood just because the organization provides abortions, a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A California surfer was killed Tuesday by a shark off a beach at coastal Vandenberg Air Force Base, authorities said.
The attack was reported by another...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Apple Inc.’s pencil-thin, smaller iPad will cost more than its competitors, signaling the company isn’t going to get into a mini-tablet price war.
The company...
CAIRO (AP) — Tamer Shamy’s butcher shop is all set for one of Islam’s most important holidays — colorful blinking lights have been festooned around hanging slabs of meat, Egyptian...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new report by U.S. and Mexican researchers suggests an uptick in the number of illegal migrants headed to the United States in the first half of 2012, and a slight decrease in...
LAFAYETTE (AP) — A $1.67 million federal grant for the Lafayette Fire Department will boost the force by 20 firefighters but still leaves the department below staffing goals set by Fire Chief Robert...
(AP) — About 36 percent of Louisiana’s public schools earned grades of A or B in the state’s latest round of performance rankings, with more schools reaching the highest grades, according...
CHICAGO (AP) — Cheerleading isn’t just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the...
