News of the Day From Across the Nation With a major civil trial set to start Monday in New Orleans against BP over damages related to the explosion of an offshore drilling rig in 2010, federal officials and those from the five Gulf Coast states are trying to pull together to reach a settlement. The other is how much the company would pay in penalties under a different environmental statute for damage caused by the spilled oil to beaches, marshes, wildlife and fisheries. Emergency crews sent to Point Lobos State Reserve on Friday found lifeguards performing CPR on one of the divers. Las ... Read More