The "rut" is here — that time of year that excites Louisiana's deer population and Louisiana deer hunters, but for completely different reasons.For the whitetail deer, the "rut" is a time when female...

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) — Work has been completed on a historic landmark in Livingston Parish.The Old City Hall in Denham Springs, which dates back to the 1930s, had fallen into disrepair. It also...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's great migration south and west is slowing, thanks to a housing crisis that is making it hard for many to move.Most southern and western states aren't growing nearly...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Landing such films as Oliver Stone's "W'' and Universal Pictures' "Cirque du Freak," Louisiana set a production record in 2008 with more than 80 major film and television projects.The...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Steve Donahue doesn't mind how cramped his federally supplied trailer is; he got over that long ago.Three-plus years after Hurricane Katrina — and still waiting on rebuilding...

For the first time in many years, Santa Claus will be visiting the Governor's Mansion on Christmas Eve. Gov. Bobby Jindal and his wife, Supriya, have three little children who, like children everywhere,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has named Harvard physicist John Holdren and marine biologist Jane Lubchenco to top science posts. Obama made the announcement Saturday in his weekend...

WASHINGTON (AP) — No strollers near the Capitol. No tents on the National Mall. None of that Silly String on the parade route. That's just a sample of the items forbidden from President-elect Barack...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a $14 million award to a former Louisiana death row inmate who was exonerated after 18 years in prison. In February 2007, a federal jury ruled...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Members of Louisiana's congressional delegation are calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to issue regulations for the cancellation of disaster loans issued to Gulf...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Saturday that the Pentagon could double the number of American forces in Afghanistan by next summer to 60,000 — the largest estimate...