Liz Cheney clings to GOP post as Trump endorses replacement
WASHINGTON — No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney was clinging to her post as party leaders lined up behind an heir apparent, signaling that...
R&B singer Aaron Neville, 80, retires from touring
NEW ORLEANS — Fans of the sweet, melodic sounds of New Orleans' legendary vocalist Aaron Neville won't have many opportunities to hear him live...
Flood threats persist as storms continue to drench South
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Relentless wind and rain keeps pummeling much of the southeastern United States, spawning tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in Alabama...
Louisiana cop who used stun gun on handcuffed man resigns
PORT ALLEN, La. — An officer who used a stun gun twice on a handcuffed, seated man has resigned from a Louisiana police department...
Salvage crews removing fuel from capsized lift boat
NEW ORLEANS — Salvage crews have begun removing fuel from a lift boat that capsized off the Louisiana coast in a storm last month,...
AP: Trooper charged in child rape hid checkered FBI past
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama state trooper arrested last week on charges he raped an 11-year-old girl had been kicked out of the FBI...
Coroner: Gunshot killed baby at end of father’s police chase
BILOXI, Miss. — A single gunshot killed an infant who was with his father as the Louisiana man died in a barrage of gunfire...
Tommy West, co-producer of Jim Croce albums, dead at 78
Tommy West, a music producer, singer and songwriter who played a role in the short-lived career of musician Jim Croce, died of complications associated...
Baby dies after father killed in barrage of police gunfire
BILOXI, Miss. — A baby boy taken by his father from the scene of a double homicide in Louisiana died at a hospital on...
National bail fund to expand in the Deep South
A national effort helping to bail poor and low-income people out of jail formally announced on Tuesday its expansion into the Deep South.
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