The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts selected Julie Gerdes of Mandeville, La. and Candace Comeaux of Lafayette, La. for its internship program this spring as part of the Kennedy Center Institute...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acknowledging it's an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will accept a $410 billion spending package that includes billions in earmarks like those he promised...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A Yale University student from Ohio has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million from US Airways for a video game console he says was taken from his luggage. Twenty-one-year-old Jesse...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's U.S. senators added hundreds of millions of dollars in pet projects to the $410 billion spending bill awaiting President Barack Obama's signature. A nonpartisan watchdog...

Gov. Bobby Jindal announced at a press conference Wednesday afternoon his plans to use state surplus funds to invest in capital outlay projects for higher education.Joined by legislators and Commissioner...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A proposal to generate power in southeastern Louisiana with petroleum coke has been suspended. The Louisiana Public Service Commission decided Wednesday to order Entergy Louisiana...

HAMMOND, La. (AP) — A man walking home from the hospital where his wife had just given birth was hit and killed by a car early Wednesday morning. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards says 26-year-old...

GRETNA, La. (AP) — A state judge has ordered Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller to jail for allegedly breaking the rules of his house arrest. Authorities testified Wednesday before state Judge Hans Liljeberg...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Sugar Bowl and the Bowl Championship Series have extended their agreement through the 2014 bowl season.New Orleans will be the host of both the Sugar Bowl and the BCS Championship...

Eli Jones strolled into Howe-Russell on Wednesday night and randomly pulled a male and a female from the 50-person audience. Extending his right arm forward, Jones, E.J. Ourso College of Business dean,...

Louisiana faces a new threat to crawfish ponds and rice fields with the growing species called apple snails.Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries is researching the problem and has identified three spots where...

As part of the College of Arts and Design Dinstinguished Lecture Series, Texas sculptor James Surls will speak to University students Wednesday March 11 at 5 p.m. in room 103 of the Arts and Design Building.Surls,...