Two years after Louisiana overhauled its sentencing laws to lengthen prison stays, the corrections department says it needs another $82 million in state funds for its annual operating budget. State ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rebels backed by the Islamic State group killed at least 20 people in an attack over the weekend on a village in eastern Congo, the military said Monday. The attack by the ...

With nearly $100 million on the line, state health officials are mounting an all-hands effort to fix errors in the state’s food assistance program that feeds one out of every five Louisiana families.

Jurors have awarded $8.3 million to the family of a Kansas foster teen who died in 2021 after he was held facedown for 39 minutes in a juvenile intake center while in the throes of a mental health ...

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DUBAI (AP) — Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will take place Friday in Oman, the Iranian foreign minister said, as tensions between the countries ...

Price, relevance, conviction — Bitcoin is bleeding all three. The world’s largest cryptocurrency is pinned near $78,000 , dropping about 40% from its 2025 peak and revisiting levels last seen in the ...

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