NEW ORLEANS Crews were using a robot submarine Sunday to try to stop an oil leak nearly a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, but officials said it would take at least another day before ...

NEW ORLEANS - BP said Sunday that it is making progress on what could prove to be its most effective effort yet to contain the Gulf oil leak, but it cautioned that the verdict could be several days ...

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- Fly by helicopter above the patchy wetlands along the Mississippi River Delta and past the floating boom and skimmers that have failed to protect the Gulf Coast from the worst ...

After checking the engine bay before leaving the dealer, one owner found a massive oil leak caused by a cross-threaded filter ...

COVINGTON, La. (AP) — BP kept pumping heavy mud into its blown-out well beneath the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, but the company's chief executive cautioned it will be two more days before anyone knows ...

Wednesday is when the so-called "top kill" strategy is set in motion to combat the Gulf oil spill. The idea is to plug the leak with drilling mud, and possibly add in an assortment of objects to hold ...

A salvage team is still trying to plug a fuel leak from the fire-stricken New Diamond oil supertanker, Sri Lankan Navy spokesman Indika de Silva said on Friday.

Louisiana AG Liz Murrill is asking the DOJ to drop a $128 million lawsuit against insurers tied to the nation’s ...