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Michael Phelps leaves London with 18 gold medals and a record 22 total medals. He says that his plans for life after the Olympics include visiting some of the cities he's competed in — but outside the bubble of swim meets, for a change.

With the media watching every move, the Romney campaign had to go through great lengths to keep the VP pick secret. It took secret flights, rented cars and even a walk through the woods.

Authorities in St. Tammany Parish say some lanes of U.S. Highway 190 from U.S. Highway 11 to Interstate 10 will be closed through Monday afternoon for…

The hundreds of hotel rooms planned or under construction in Shreveport-Bossier City might be missing their intended clients.The Times reports hotel…

Even when its subject matter plunges into otherworldly thickets of doom, Yeasayer stays sprightly. On Fragrant World, it makes playful party music for worried minds and uncertain futures.

Lightning from a thunderstorm has sparked a wildfire in southwest Louisiana on the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge.The blaze is located within Management…

A Houston-based brine company has agreed to make a "significant contribution" to a fund for residents ordered to evacuate their homes after a sinkhole…

Southeastern Louisiana University's Division of Extended Studies is offering a non-credit course on makeup for filmmaking.Available for high school…

Louisiana's health agency must save $56 million on drugs for Medicaid patients to help balance the state budget, but doesn't yet have a final plan for…

President Obama has long used House Republicans as a foil. Now that one of the leaders in that group, Paul Ryan, is on the ticket alongside Mitt Romney, the connection is that much clearer. NPR's Scott Horsley joins host Guy Raz to talk about the president's response to the newly formed GOP ticket.