KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A government official in eastern Congo says rebels armed with machetes have killed at least 20 people in an attack on a village. Marcellin Cishambo, the governor of South Kivu province,More >>
A government official in eastern Congo says rebels armed with machetes have killed at least 20 people in an attack on a village.More >>
Two New Orleans City Council members are staying away from the latest council meeting - effectively blocking the council from conducting business.More >>
Two New Orleans City Council members are staying away from the latest council meeting - effectively blocking the council from conducting business.More >>
Welfare recipients would be unable to withdraw their assistance as cash or spend it on liquor and cigarettes, under a House-approved proposal supported Wednesday by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.More >>
Welfare recipients would be unable to withdraw their assistance as cash or spend it on liquor and cigarettes, under a House-approved proposal supported Wednesday by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.More >>
A federal judge has ended the federal desegregation lawsuit against the Evangeline Parish School Board. The desegregation case spurred major changes over the past decade, including a 2004 school consolidation plan that...More >>
A federal judge has ended the federal desegregation lawsuit against the Evangeline Parish School Board, ending years of federal oversight of the public school system in the parish.More >>
A federal judge has ended the federal desegregation lawsuit against the Evangeline Parish School Board, ending years of federal oversight of the public school system in the parish.More >>
A federal judge has ordered the government to identify alleged coconspirators in a case involving a Hancock County couple accused of being involved in a kickback scheme related to storm cleanup contracts.More >>
A federal judge has ordered the government to identify alleged coconspirators in a case involving a Hancock County couple accused of being involved in a kickback scheme related to storm cleanup contracts.More >>
Wisconsin Democrats are shifting tactics again as they work to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker next month.More >>
Lost in the hoopla over the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after he took on union rights is an ongoing secret investigation that has already ensnared a handful of the Republican governor's former aides.More >>
Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length...More >>
Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length...More >>
Police and FBI officials were poring over more than 100 tips as they hunted for a man accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub, still clad in the silver sequined cocktail dress she wore...More >>
Police and FBI officials were poring over more than 100 tips as they hunted for a man accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub, still clad in the silver sequined cocktail dress she wore...More >>
Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, much like others in the famous American family.More >>
Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, just like other members of the famous political family she married into in 1994.More >>
Elias Abuelazam dutifully tended the cash register at a party store for $10 an hour. But after punching out, according to police, he was a different, dangerous guy, repeatedly faking car trouble in the wee hours and then...More >>
Elias Abuelazam dutifully tended the cash register at a party store for $10 an hour. But after punching out, according to police, he was a different, dangerous guy, repeatedly faking car trouble in the wee hours and then...More >>
Some residents of the Quebec town of Stanstead are upset about plans in Vermont to erect two industrial-size wind turbines just south of the border. One would be about 1,000 feet from some Canadian and Vermont homes.More >>
Some residents of the Quebec town of Stanstead are upset about plans in Vermont to erect two industrial-size wind turbines just south of the border. One would be about 1,000 feet from some Canadian and Vermont homes.More >>
Authorities in Southern California are investigating what appears to be the spontaneous combustion of rocks scooped from a San Clemente Beach that left a woman with third-degree burns.More >>
A woman suffered third-degree burns after what appeared to be the spontaneous combustion of rocks that had been scooped up from a Southern California beach, a fire official said.More >>
For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.More >>
For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.More >>
Firefighters have been working to prevent a wildfire near the historic mining town of Crown King from spreading to an area where it could quickly grow.More >>
An evacuation order for a historic northern Arizona mining town didn't prompt Taryn Denyce to flee earlier this week, when a wildfire began sending flames through the trees and smoke swirling in the air.More >>
Prosecutors are outlining their evidence of the alleged involvement of former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic in Europe's worst mass murder since World War II, the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.More >>
Prosecutors are outlining their evidence of the alleged involvement of former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic in Europe's worst mass murder since World War II, the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.More >>
Police say two Pakistani air force planes have crashed on a training mission in the country's northwest, killing all four pilots.More >>
Two Pakistani air force planes crashed in a residential area in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing all four pilots on board and injuring five people on the ground, police said.More >>
Iran's top negotiator says his country is seeking "cooperation" from world powers in next week's nuclear talks in Baghdad and has warned against pressure by the West.More >>
Iran's top negotiator says his country is seeking "cooperation" from world powers in next week's nuclear talks in Baghdad and has warned against pressure by the West.More >>
The activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington says Chinese officials have told him the passports that he and his family just applied for should be ready within two weeks.More >>
The activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Thursday that Chinese officials have told him the passports that he and his family just applied for should be ready within two...More >>
A black smoke covered Cairo's Tahrir Square. Around a dozen protesters who had been holding a weekslong sit-in demanding an end to military rule had come to the conclusion their gathering was useless. So over the...More >>
A black smoke covered Cairo's Tahrir Square. Around a dozen protesters who had been holding a weekslong sit-in demanding an end to military rule had come to the conclusion their gathering was useless. So over the...More >>
A team of international observers was evacuated Wednesday from a tense town in northern Syria a day after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb, a U.N. spokesman said.More >>
In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad has insisted his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong...More >>
State media say a North Korean boat has hijacked 29 Chinese fishermen on three separate boats and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release.More >>
Chinese state media say a North Korean boat has hijacked 29 Chinese fishermen on three separate boats and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release.More >>
People in Honduras' predominantly Indian Mosquito coast region burned down government offices and demanded that U.S. drug agents leave the area, reacting angrily to an anti-drug operation in which a local mayor said...More >>
People in Honduras' predominantly Indian Mosquito coast region burned down government offices and demanded that U.S. drug agents leave the area, reacting angrily to an anti-drug operation in which a local mayor said...More >>
A Malaysian court has convicted three Mexican brothers and two other people and sentenced them to be hanged for drug trafficking.More >>
A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced to death three Mexican brothers and two other people for drug trafficking, rejecting the defense argument that evidence was tampered with.More >>
The Lafayette Economic Development Authority provides city information, business assistance and a wide variety of resources on economic indicators for Lafayette. More >>
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Casey Anthony's lawyer is writing a book about her murder trial. Attorney Jose Baez said Tuesday the book will be released in July. It is titled: "Presume Guilty, Casey Anthony: TheMore >>
Casey Anthony's lawyer is writing a book about her murder trial. Attorney Jose Baez said Tuesday the book will be released in July. It is titled: "Presume Guilty, Casey Anthony: The Inside Story."More >>
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