During an election cycle showcasing widening political divisions between conventional party-line candidates and more radical ones, conservative speakers at the seventh annual Basque Fry event cal...

Tynea Gray of Ascension Parish, accused of mail and wire fraud of more than $500,000, was among two Louisiana women indicted for conspiracy to commit racketeering Aug. 1 in Troup County, Georgia...

The need for Louisiana to replace its voting machines is not in dispute. They are badly outdated — deployed in 2006, the year after Hurricane Katrina struck -- and do not produce paper ballots th...

The COVID-19 pandemic that struck in March of 2020 affected many individuals and their way of providing for their families. For some, those who were affected were able to receive unemployment ben...

In Texas and California, new laws call on the people of each state to watch and report their neighbors — and reap a reward for doing so. Unusual, yes — although it’s a concept that dates back to ...

By Anthony Galloway August 14, 2022 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. The floods in NSW and south-east Queensland have resulted in a significant increase in fraudulent...

The long-running drama includes allegations of bid-rigging, voting machine companies claiming favoritism and a noncommittal secretary of state. FILE - VotingWorks displays a precinct scanner with...

Erie, Pennsylvania (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — A local TV reporter accused of making false reports of stalking was in court for a preliminary hearing Thursday. Pennsylvania State Police charged Ha...

By SARA CLINE AND CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY The Associated Press Updated: 29 minutes ago FILE - People vote on Election Day at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New O...