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• Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson

  March 14, 2013 9:00 AM

  GENEVA (AP) - The search is all but over for a subatomic particle that is a crucial building block of the universe. Physicists announced Thursday they believe they have discovered the subatomic particle predicted nearly a half-century ago, which will go a long way toward explaining what gives electrons and... more »

• Delware Police Say Man Arrested After Church Incident

  May 30, 2011 7:38 AM

  MILTON, Del. (AP) - Delaware State Police say a 52-year-old Milton man has been charged with threatening a person at a Milton church and other offenses. Authorities say Hipolito Melendez was taken into custody Sunday afternoon. Police say they were called to the Lewes Church of Christ after receiving a... more »

• BP Wouldn't Say Whether it Will Seek Permits to Drill in Gulf

  October 13, 2010 1:02 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - BP wouldn't say Wednesday whether it will seek new permits to drill in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico now that the moratorium imposed after its massive spill has been lifted. Other oil companies, such as Royal Dutch Shell, have made clear their intentions to begin drilling... more »

• Authorities say Pit Bull should Die

  October 7, 2010 10:24 AM

  THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office is asking a judge to order a pit bull killed after its unprovoked attack on a 12-year-old Larose boy last week. The boy's mother also wants the dog to be put to death because of the injuries it inflicted and the... more »

• Police Say Mom Shot Daughter's Boyfriend

  October 5, 2010 9:21 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Algiers woman was arrested after police say she shot a teenage boy she caught in her daughter's bedroom. Letischa Collins, 35, was booked with aggravated battery after she shot the 16-year-old boy in the stomach on Monday. The injured boy was taken to a local... more »

• Senators Say They Know Little Information on Where Deep Budget Cuts Will Fall

  October 1, 2010 1:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Senators say they've gotten too little information from the Jindal administration about where deep budget cuts should fall in the upcoming year. They're also saying the cost savings and consolidations talked about by Jindal administration leaders won't be enough to deal with the $1.6 billion... more »

• Prosecutors say corruption ran deep in Calif. city

  September 22, 2010 9:53 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eight current and former officials of the city of Bell appeared in shackles before judges Wednesday in a corruption case prosecutors said was so ingrained in the blue-collar suburb that almost anyone who could have blown the whistle was benefiting from it. Former city manager Robert... more »

• Researchers Say Oil On Sea Floor Believed To Be From BP

  September 13, 2010 12:16 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Researchers say they've found patches of oil believed to be from the BP leak on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor. Some of these are two inches thick. University of Georgia researcher Samantha Joye (JOY) says she and her colleagues have found oil as much as... more »

• The Smell Test: Officials Say Gulf Seafood Is Safe & Your Nose Knows It

  August 31, 2010 7:44 PM

  Scientists and FDA officials are trying to put the message out that gulf seafood is safe to eat and if you don't believe it, try smelling the food. Experts in the field of seafood testing have assembled in New Orleans to show KATC that people can actually smell oil... more »

• Scientists Say Most Of The Oil Still There

  August 16, 2010 6:55 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Georgia scientists say their analysis shows that most of that BP oil the government said was gone from the Gulf of Mexico is still there. The scientists say as much as 80 percent of the oil still lurks under the surface. The Georgia team said it is... more »

• Local Governments: We Want More Say in Oil Cleanup

  July 29, 2010 9:37 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The presidents of seven coastal parishes and other local officials say the Coast Guard and BP have banded together and ignored them, and they want a change. Even though the well is capped, there's still a great need to protect wildlife, waters and fisheries, restore the... more »

• Former Interior Secretaries Say They Did Not Anticipate Major Oil Spills

  July 20, 2010 6:02 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Two former Interior secretaries told Congress Tuesday they did not anticipate an accident as large as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But Gale Norton and Dirk Kempthorne say no one else did either - including members of Congress who are now blaming the... more »

• Scientist Say Gulf Spill Altering Food Web

  July 14, 2010 6:47 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Scientists are reporting early signs that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is altering the marine food web by killing or tainting some creatures and spurring the growth of others more suited to a fouled environment. Near the spill site, researchers have documented a massive die-off... more »

• Execs Say Tourism in Gulf Needs Marketing Money

  June 29, 2010 8:28 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - States bordering the gushing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico need as much as $500 million to boost tourism with marketing campaigns aimed at cleaning up their image, tourism executives said Tuesday. The federal government should help Gulf states coordinate with BP to receive money for... more »

• Regulators Say Runaway Prius Driver Did Not Try To Stop

  March 18, 2010 5:16 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators say computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in New York show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not hitting the brakes. A housekeeper driving the car on March 9 told police that it sped... more »