NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Divers have patched a hole in a cargo ship that was leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico near Venice, and the vessel was headed up the Mississippi River to a repair facility on...

MANILA (AP) — A typhoon battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, killing at least 14 people and sending residents of one town clambering onto...

 COCODRIE (AP) — Researchers in Louisiana and other states are getting more than $2.4 million this year to study the annual dead zone of oxygen-starved waters in the Gulf of Mexico, with up...

Tailgaters not only enjoyed gameday spirit and Halloween candy Saturday afternoon, but also the musical stylings of some of Baton Rouge's best bands.Students On Target hosted the annual Battle of the Bands...

To see a slideshow of all three days at Voodoo, click here. Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to show that Babin enjoys seeing the indie bands Le Carnival offers not Le Ritual.More than 150,000...

LSU Bike Week, a week-long celebration of cycling focusing on educating students on bicycle safety and laws, begins today. An initiative of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, Student Government,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said Sunday.Petty...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Dave Treen, who became the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction when he was elected in 1979 but lost a re-election bid to the flamboyant...

Chancellor Michael Martin said the Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission's recommendation the University must increase its graduation rate to 75 percent by 2018 will be "a large leap" but...

NEW ORLEANS (AP)  Two Louisiana soldiers killed in Afghanistan were among 18 fallen service members honored Thursday by President Barack Obama at the Delaware air force base where their bodies were...

The Panhellenic Council will pay the LSU Police Department more for increased security along Sorority Row after two members of Delta Gamma sorority were robbed at gunpoint in early September.The robbery,...

A tall, modest-looking man in his 60s, whose face is filled with a gray, whitened beard and oval-rimmed glasses atop a shiny bald head, told about 300 students in Lockett Hall a high dollar will always...