OPELOUSAS (AP) — The Opelousas Police Department is seeking the rightful owners of everything from bicycles to television sets.
Sgt. Jody White tells The Daily World police often recover stolen...
(AP) — The 31 most recent West Nile infections in Louisiana included one death, bringing this year’s totals to 176 reported infections and 10 deaths from the virus, the Louisiana Department...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A single-engine plane that lost power off California’s coast plunged into the ocean so hard, its doors broke off, one of the two men onboard said Monday.
The 77-year-old...
NEW YORK (AP) — An agreement on the completion of the Sept. 11 museum at Ground Zero has been reached a day before the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks.
The agreement between the Port Authority...
CHICAGO (AP) — Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve pain from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two dozen studies — the latest analysis of an often-studied...
LOHJA, Finland (AP) — An award-winning chef has opened a new restaurant in Finland that turns the idea of “pop-up” eateries upside down: it’s located 80 meters (260 feet) underground.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s Parliament elected a new president of the country’s fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 15 people in northeastern Congo and the local communities are quickly learning how frighteningly deadly the disease is, and how to prevent...
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Bourbon Courage stormed back from as far back as eighth and distanced the field down the stretch to win Saturday’s $500,000 Super Derby by five lengths.
Ridden by jockey...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A deaf dolphin found stranded in March off the Louisiana coast is being taken to live among other dolphins at a facility in Mississippi.
The 6-foot-6-inch dolphin will leave...
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) — Existing levees will be raised in two northeast Louisiana parishes starting in the next few weeks, to provide better protection from the Mississippi River.
The levees...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on Sunday morning sent...
