LONDON (AP) — Clicking those friendly blue “like” buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga. It could out you as gay. It...

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society and Foundation honors a Braithwaite father and son for rescuing 120 people from Hurricane Isaac’s winds and rising water. Jesse Shaffer III and Jesse Shaffer...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Seven months after a sinkhole forced the evacuation of 150 homes in swampy Assumption Parish, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday that he’ll visit the site where nine acres...

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Slidell police say a 41-year-old man allegedly used a bakery Facebook page and free cakes to lure a 15-year-old girl into a sexual relationship, and now they’re asking local...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A southwest Ohio nun who voted on behalf of another nun who died before last year’s presidential election has been charged with illegal voting. The Hamilton County prosecutor...

(AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany says he won’t challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu in her re-election bid next year. A spokesman for the Lafayette congressman confirmed...

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal will unveil the details of his highly awaited tax code rewrite proposal by the end of next week, the governor’s office said Tuesday. Jindal spokesman Sean Lansing...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — FBI agents arrested a Portland man who works for the city Tuesday on allegations that he provided support to a suicide bomber who participated in a 2009 attack in Pakistan that...