On April 3, 1955, The American Civil Liberties Union announced it would defend Allen Ginsberg's controversial poem "Howl." The poem was brought under fire for references to homosexuality, drugs and the...

The first hand-held cell phone call occurred on April 3, 1973, when Motorola's Martin Cooper called Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. A far cry from today's popular mobile devices, the phone Cooper called from...

SANDAKAN, Malaysia (AP) - Smiling passengers voiced relief and gratitude after safely leaving a fire-damaged luxury cruise ship that was stranded at sea for 24 hours and limped without air-conditioning...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The top official for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs is resigning to accept a full-time leadership position with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ending three years...

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech, popularly titled "I've Been to the Mountaintop," on April 3, 1968, the day before he was assassinated. King's speech focused primarily...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - An attorney for the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says his client suffered a traumatic incident in Iraq that triggered tremendous depression and anxiety. Lawyer...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea says it aims to estimate crop production and analyze natural resources when it launches a satellite on a long-range rocket next month. The United States and South...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Some workers in Sweden have found a rather offbeat way to spend their lunch hour. Actually, on-beat is more like it. Dripping with sweat and awash in disco lights, they dance away to pulsating...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Four Louisiana cities are getting a total of $575,000 to help house homeless veterans. A news release Wednesday from U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu and Rep. Cedric Richmond said the money...

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) - Prosecutors who say an "obsessed" Kansas man killed a 14-year-old cheerleader and burned her body at an asphalt plant must prove aggravating circumstances, such as sexual assault,...

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - A Raceland man has pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine and sentenced to 23 years in prison. The Comet reported 33-year-old Juanches Shelby was originally charged with seven drug...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A New Orleans congressman objected Wednesday to a Jindal administration plan to redirect federal hurricane recovery money from housing aid programs to Superdome upgrades. U.S. Rep....