Category Archives: World

BATON ROUGE, La. - Baton Rouge police say a 2-year-old shot a 1-year-old sibling in the face inside a parked car in north Baton Rouge, leaving the infant in serious condition. Police spokesman Sgt. L&...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Tens of thousands of people in the theme-park industry have made their way to central Florida to see the latest in roller coasters, virtual reality technology and innovative food and d...

HANOI, Vietnam - Britain’s Prince William has arrived on his first visit to Vietnam where he will take part in an international conference on illegal wildlife trade in the fight to protect eleph...

NEW ORLEANS - Five Gulf states still seeking to restore their coastal waters and habitats after the devastating oil spill of 2010 will divvy up nearly $370 million for an array of projects that will c...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on Donald Trump’s transition to the presidency (all times EST): 10:30 p.m. President-elect Donald Trump has broken with protocol by leaving his Trump Tower residence with...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Donald Trump’s choice of far-right publishing executive Steve Bannon as a top White House adviser is bringing new scrutiny to a troubling, decades-old ideology: white national...

WASHINGTON - For nearly the entire week since he became president-elect, Donald Trump has been holed up in his gilded New York skyscraper. A steady stream of visitors has come to him, flooding through...

NEW ORLEANS - The 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence goes to Kentucky writer, poet and educator Crystal Wilkinson for her debut novel, “Birds of Opulence.” The Baton Rouge...

LONDON - Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands won Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award on Tuesday for a book about the fight to prosecute war crimes that blends historical investigation and...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Latest on the fallout from a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama that a local West Virginia official posted on Facebook (all times local): 5:10 p.m. The Clay, West V...