BATON ROUGE - Louisiana travelers can rest easier. The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that states will be given an extension to meet the new standards of the Real ID Act.
Without this extension a state driver's license would not have been accepted as a proper form of... more »
BATON ROUGE- C.J. Brown, the Baton Rouge area's largest residential real estate agency, says it has acquired the assets of M.A. Allen of Denham Springs. Today's announcement indicates M.A. Allen's office will be rebranded as C.J. Brown. C.J. Brown is a division of Latter & Blum. Terms of the acquisition... more »
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana residents may have to use passports to board commercial airplanes instead of state-issued identification cards after Jan. 15.
Louisiana is one of many states not in compliance with the federal Real ID Act of 2005, which mandates more provisions in obtaining an ID and updated... more »
WASHINGTON - A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago. It is the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006. The gain reported by CoreLogic offers the latest evidence of a continued housing recovery. The real estate data provider also says that prices... more »
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple says the company's co-founder Steve Jobs has died.
He was 56.
In a brief statement the company said Jobs died Wednesday. He had been battling pancreatic cancer.
"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," said Apple's statement. "Steve's... more »
LOS ANGELES - The estranged husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong has been found dead in his Los Angeles home.
Los Angeles County coroner's spokesman Ed Winter says 47-year-old Russell Armstrong died Monday evening, after hanging himself.
Russell Armstrong was an investment banker and... more »
WASHINGTON- It's the open secret that nobody in government wants to talk about.
That cherished presidential signature that's tucked away in a scrapbook or framed for all to see? Well, it might never have passed under the president's hand.
For decades, presidents of both parties have let an... more »
NEAR SEATTLE, Wash.- Cars and people are reportedly in the water after a bridge over a river collapsed Thursday evening.
An unknown number of... more »
GONZALES - The fire cooking a Baton Rouge vendor's pizza is out for good after an accused drunk driver crashed into the owner's trailer Tuesday... more »