JERUSALEM (AP) - Doctors in Israel are beginning to believe in the power of clowning around. Over the last few years, Israeli clowns have been popping into hospital operating rooms and intensive care units...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Texas can cut off funding for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health services to low-income women before a trial over a new law that...

(AP) - A passenger officials described as "distraught" when he shoved past crewmembers Wednesday and locked himself in a cockpit surrendered to authorities who cut the power so he couldn't start the empty...

(AP) - One state worker resigned and two others took a cut in pay after a state agency tracked their movements with GPS devices and found they were shaving hours from their work day. State Alcohol and...

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...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Mali's interim leaders announced a new government late Monday, months after a military coup unleashed political chaos that allowed an Islamist takeover of the north and forced nearly...

ALEXANDRIA - Officials say a highly contagious bacterial infection called Columnaris disease killed 600 fish at the Alexandria Zoo. The Town Talk reports the spread of the disease likely was caused by...

MANTON, Calif. (AP) - A huge wildfire sparked by lightning in Northern California burned three small towns on Monday, threatening thousands of homes as fearful residents sought safety miles away at an...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina is rethinking what it means to be a citizen, proposing radical changes that would have both 16-year-olds and foreigners to determine who should run the country....

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rep. Todd Akin fought to salvage his Senate campaign Monday, even as members of his own party turned against him and a key source of campaign funding was cut off in outrage over the Missouri...

WALKER (AP) - Livingston Parish has contacted state and federal aviation authorities about building an airport. "A general aviation airport is deemed highly feasible from the parish perspective," according...