LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday two men accused of plotting to rob and kill soul singer Joss Stone planned to decapitate her, then dump her body in a river. The suspects, Junior Bradshaw...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Workers on the drilling rig that exploded at the outset of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe were “trying to get it right” as they monitored BP’s...

PHOENIX (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says New Orleans “deserves” to host another Super Bowl despite the in-game blackout that stopped play for 32 minutes. Goodell says he mentioned...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 250 Louisiana clergy members said they oppose Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax swap proposal because it is unfair to the poor and threatens state services, according...

HASTINGS, Mich. (AP) — A burglar expressing guilt about stealing $800 from a western Michigan store three decades ago has repaid the money, plus some interest. The anonymous thief sent a note and...

(AP) — More than a month after the Capital Area Transit System launched its GPS software system, some bus riders complain the system is inaccurate and not user-friendly. The Advocate reports the...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Students interested in making a career out of developing computer and video games may be interested in a new discipline to be offered by the University of New Orleans. The university...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A military judge has sentenced an Air Force instructor to four years in prison for raping a female trainee at the South Texas base where he worked. Lt. Col. Matthew Van Dalen...

CHICAGO (AP) — She inspired a novel and a movie starring Robert Redford when in 1949 she lured a major league ballplayer she had never met into a hotel room with cryptic note and shot him, nearly...

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Police are investigating what caused a bus carrying a college women’s lacrosse team to veer off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and crash into a tree, killing a pregnant coach,...