NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil are being allowed to spew into the fouled waters of the Gulf of Mexico while BP engineers prepare to install a new containment system ...

The latest procedure to try to contain the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico hit a snag on Wednesday when a saw that was being used in a crucial part of the operation became stuck, officials said.

It’s back to square one in the Gulf of Mexico, apparently: BP is once again preparing a cap to drop onto the leaking oil well, saying that it has fixed some of the problems that caused this ...

Underwater robots worked Monday to clear away clutter from the wellhead where BP officials hope as early as today to begin cutting broken pipeline in their latest bid to stanch the gushing oil ...

WASHINGTON — They can’t stop the gusher. So BP officials said yesterday they’re going to try “containment” of the biggest oil spill in US history — cutting the amount of muck spilling ...