WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is reviving his stalled proposals for overhauling the nation's immigration laws, calling for a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants, improvements to the legal immigration system and more effective mechanisms for helping employers verify the status of workers. The president will launch his... more »
NEW YORK - A Bosnia-born U.S. citizen has been sentenced to life behind bars for his role in a foiled suicide-bomb plot on New York City subways in 2008. Adis Medunjanin received the sentence Friday in federal court in Brooklyn. Prosecutors had accused Medunjanin and two high school classmates of... more »
The attorney for the father who reported his son floated away in a helium balloon in Colorado says his client and the boy's mother will both plead guilty to charges in the case. Lawyer David Lane says Mayumi Heene will plead guilty to false reporting to authorities, a misdemeanor, and... more »
BATON ROUGE - Government agencies are taking a close look at an apartment complex where 30 people with mental challenges live.
Reginald Stewman, a... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE- There has been an outpouring of support for the victims of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
Tuesday night, about 24-hours since the... more »
BATON ROUGE- A couple faces charges after an altercation with police at a Tigerland apartment swimming pool Tuesday night.
Damien Hibbler is accused of... more »