NEW ORLEANS -- The cap on the blown-out well in the Gulf is capturing a half-million gallons a day, or anywhere from one-third to three-quarters of the oil spewing from the bottom of the sea, ...

Obama administration spill chief says latest development in the Gulf is no cause for alarm. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen speaks Monday to the media about the BP oil spill in front of a line ...

New measure is supposed to allow ships to capture all the oil gushing in the Gulf. In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC, the new containment cap is lowered toward the oil spill in the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP’s broken well was leaking oil and gas again Monday for the first time since the company capped it last week, but the Obama administration’s spill chief said it was no cause for ...

NEW ORLEANS - In a nail-biting day across the Gulf Coast, engineers struggled to make sense of puzzling pressure readings from the bottom of the sea Friday to determine whether BP's capped oil well ...

WASHINGTON — Oil and gas are leaking from the cap on BP’s ruptured oil well, but federal officials intend to leave the cork in place for now. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says Monday afternoon ...