Unsavory Twists in Mississippi's GOP Primary Grabbing Headlines Among Eight Races This Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Strange, unsavory twists in Mississippi's Senate Republican race are grabbing the most attention of Tuesday's primary elections in eight states.
Cochran Campaigns Calmly Amid Senate-Race Photo Scandal
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran is in the fight of his political life in a brutal, too-personal Republican primary that has drawn his bedridden wife into the melee and resulted in criminal charges against some of his opponent's supporters.
U.S. Trades Gitmo Detainees to Free American Solider from Taliban After Five Years of Captivity
WASHINGTON (AP) — The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Obama administration officials said Saturday.
3 Indicted on Conspiracy Charges in Prison Riot
Three people have been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to commit murder related to a deadly prison riot in Mississippi.
Medicare Coverage Ban on Sex-Change Surgery Lifted
Transgender people receiving Medicare may no longer be automatically denied coverage for sex reassignment surgeries, a U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex.
Shinseki Resigns Amid Veterans' Health Care Issues
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday after publicly apologizing for systemic problems plaguing the agency's health care system.
Elon Musk Unveils Spacecraft to Ferry Astronauts
A company that has flown unmanned capsules to the Space Station unveiled a spacecraft Thursday designed to ferry up to seven astronauts to low-Earth orbit that SpaceX founder Elon Musk says will lower the cost of going to space.
Texas' Top Prosecutor: Drug Source Can Be Secret
Texas can keep secret the name of its supplier for its execution drugs, the state attorney general determined after law enforcement argued that suppliers face serious danger.
Obama Plans 'Serious Conversation' With Shinseki
President Barack Obama said Friday he plans to have a "serious conversation" with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job as the agency head apologized publicly for systemic problems plaguing the veterans' health care system.
Meal Programs Expand Summer Nutrition for Kids
A federal government-backed nutrition program seeks to provide two million meals to Mississippi schoolchildren this summer.
White House Touts Energy Policies as Rules Loom
Setting the stage for upcoming restrictions on coal-fired power plants, the Obama administration is making a concerted effort to cast its energy policy as an economic success that is creating jobs, securing the nation against international upheavals and shifting energy use to cleaner sources.
House Democrats' Campaign Arm Reserves $44M in Ads
House Democrats are ready to empty their deep pockets for television ads in their uphill climb to overtake Republicans as the majority party.
Maya Angelou, the Nation's Wise Woman
Maya Angelou walked into a meeting of civil rights leaders discussing affirmative action back in the 1990s, looked around, and put them all in their place with a single, astute observation.
Head of Miss. Environmental Agency to Resign
Trudy Fisher, Mississippi's chief environmental regulator, will resign her post at the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality at the end of the summer.
Sender of Ricin Letters Sentenced on State Charges
A Mississippi man sentenced who sent letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on unrelated state charges of fondling three martial arts students.