(AP) - East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies have released the names of two women killed Saturday in a car accident on South Tiger Bend Road near Baton Rouge.
Col. Lawrence McLeary said 75-year-old...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's Democratic Party ousted its leader Saturday and replaced him with New Orleans state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, as the party struggles to regain its footing in a state...
HAMMOND, La. (AP) - An 8-year-old girl from Hammond was in fair condition Sunday, two days after a pair of pit bulls mauled her face, arms and legs.
Mi'kayja Oliver underwent nearly eight hours of surgery...
OBO, Central African Republic (AP) - Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It's also where three international armies...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An Albuquerque hot dog vendor faces a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after police say he rammed his food cart into a competitor.
Police say Eric Kilmer used...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - It's a puzzle, a metaphor and a hit toy - and in a couple of years, the Rubik's Cube will be a museum exhibition in celebration of its 40th anniversary.
The toy's creator, Erno...
KENNER, La. (AP) - Kenner says it will open a time capsule as part of the celebration of Louisiana's 200th anniversary.
The time capsule does not date back that far however. City officials said Wednesday...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal is heading southwest for a string of Republican money-raising events.
Jindal's office said the GOP governor was traveling to Salt Lake City on Thursday for a fundraiser...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor became the first head of state since World War II to be convicted by an international war crimes court, a historic verdict that...
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Urging all nations to be extremely cautious with nuclear energy, Ukraine's president thanked donors for financing the construction of a new, safer shelter over the damaged Chernobyl...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand zookeeper killed by an African elephant had been trying to get the lonely pachyderm into an animal sanctuary because she knew it would be better off there,...
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis celebrated their country's 64th anniversary Wednesday with fireworks and military processions at a national ceremony in Jerusalem.
The festivities came immediately after Memorial...
