The Associated Press

Would-be deputy, HIV-positive, suing over lost job offer

Graves: Livingston Parish to get $5.3M to elevate 88 homes

Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest

Louisiana football players encouraged to donate to athletics

Louisiana seeks federal aid for Mississippi River flooding

Florida vacation home invaded by vomiting vultures

Gov’t wants a new 911-like number just for suicide hotline

Florida man arrested for threatening others with nunchucks

Residents purr-turbed over cat’s ouster from police force

Raccoon freed after being trapped in vending machine