AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — University of Texas officials were defending their decision to wait more than an hour before evacuating due to a bomb threat, one of three such incidents reported at U.S. college...
LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for Britain’s royal family will make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took pictures of Prince William’s wife Kate sunbathing topless in the south...
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Hezbollah has called for protests against an anti-Islam video starting on Monday and says protesters should not only “express anger” at U.S. embassies but...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Sunday with a sense of uncertainty, fearful that war with Iran could break out this year.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said several...
ST. ROSE (AP) — Quixote Studios, a Los Angeles-based production services company, is breaking ground on a $15 million sound stage and “film campus” project in St. Rose.
Quixote CEO...
DENHAM SPRINGS (AP) — The Denham Springs City Council has unanimously approved an obscenity ordinance.
City attorney Paeton Burkett told the council Wednesday night there are no businesses in the...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State officials are investigating how many chemicals leaked from storage tanks at a facility flooded by Hurricane Isaac with about 10 feet of water.
Isaac’s surge damaged...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Retired boxing great Muhammad Ali has been awarded the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia.
The award was presented in a ceremony at the National Constitution Center on Thursday....
OTSEGO, Mich. (AP) — The Guinness World Records 2013 book published Thursday recognizes Zeus of Otsego, Mich., as the World’s Tallest Dog.
The three-year-old measures 44 inches from foot...
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The attack that killed four Americans in Libya, including the U.S. ambassador, was an organized two-part operation by heavily armed militants that included a precisely timed...
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala (AP) — A long-simmering volcano exploded into a series of powerful eruptions outside of one of Guatemala’s most famous tourist attractions Thursday, hurling thick clouds...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A team of scientists has identified a new species of monkey in central Africa that had been known to the locals simply as Lesula, a medium-sized, slender animal that looks...
