GRETNA (AP) - A 55-year-old minister known for his bullhorn-amplified protests at an annual gay festival in the French Quarter has been convicted of obscenity for exposing himself while masturbating at...
GENEVA (AP) - A new global fund on climate change that aims to channel $100 billion a year in aid to poor countries selected officials from South Africa and Australia as its leaders at its first meeting...
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Adherents of a religious sect in western Mexico are physically blocking school teachers from entering their walled community, setting up one of the most high-profile confrontations between...
NAPOLEONVILLE (AP) - Locals are reporting more gas bubbles in Grand Bayou. Officials at the Assumption Parish Police Jury said Tuesday a small bubble site was discovered near a massive sinkhole in Assumption...
ATLANTA (AP) - An outbreak of infected tattoos has led to an unlikely source: the ink. With the growing popularity of tattoos, health officials say they are seeing more cases of a nasty skin infection...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Grab your camera and binoculars: There's rarely been a better time to go whale-watching off the California coast. Tourists from around the world have been flocking to Monterey...
METAIRIE (AP) - The New Orleans Saints have designated offensive line coach Aaron Kromer as the interim head coach for the first six regular-season games, when assistant head coach Joe Vitt will have to...
(AP) - Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says none of the salmonella-tainted cantaloupes that recently killed two people and sickened 141 nationwide have been traced to Louisiana. The CDC...
HOSHAYA, Israel (AP) - It was nothing like this 3,000 years ago.
An Israeli attraction meant to immerse tourists in an authentic, ancient biblical experience has outfitted its donkeys with wireless routers.
At...
NEW YORK (AP) - A first-hand account of the Navy SEAL mission that killed Osama bin Laden is coming out Sept. 11. Dutton announced Wednesday that Mark Owen's "No Easy Day" will "set the record straight"...
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister met for the first time with leaders of weekly anti-nuclear protests Wednesday but rejected their demand that two recently restarted nuclear plants should be shut again.
Tens...
KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel (AP) - When Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi decided to investigate his family's unknown Holocaust history, he turned to the skill he knew best: He began to dig. After learning...
