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Lafourche Parish officials say a restoration project aimed at rebuilding beach and dunes at West Belle Pass on Fourchon beach is nearly halfway…

Two former New Orleans police officers have asked a federal appeals court to throw out their convictions on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a…

Every summer, French vacationers abandon an estimated 100,000 pets as people head off on long vacations. They say it's too expensive to find someone to care for the animals, and they can't bring them along. A campaign against the practice is under way.

The news comes on the day the university was added to a wrongful death lawsuit.

"Starting from the birth of sitcoms, fathers are pretty much universally morons," writes Hanna Rosin in "The Evolution of the Doltish Dad" for Slate.com. The latest crop of sitcoms, though, present happy stay-at-home dads, or successful businessmen who are more than just sources of comic relief.

San Bernardino, California is seeking bankruptcy protection. Officials said the government can not cover its bills and faces a $46 million deficit. Phil Batchelor, former interim city manager for Vallejo, California, talks about what happens to workers and services when a city goes bankrupt.

The measure essentially has no chance of being adopted by the Democratically-controlled Senate, but this is the 33rd time the House has tried to scrap the law.

Melissa Block talks with Joe Drape of The New York Times about his coverage of horse racing. He says the Triple Crown contender "I'll Have Another" had prior medical problems long before it was forced to drop out of the Belmont Stakes.

The new moon is tiny, measuring between 6 and 15 miles across.

The move makes the London 2012 games the first ever to include women from every competing country.