Court Won't Get Involved in Miss. Redistricting
The U.S. Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi, despite a lawsuit that said current lawmakers were chosen in outdated districts that diluted black voting strength.
Health Care
Traffic Noise Increases Risk of Diabetes
Noise from honking cars and police sirens can disrupt sleep, but it also may increase the chance of developing diabetes, according to a large study from Denmark.
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Coverage Problems Could Still Remain For Young Adults
Supporters and critics of the Affordable Care Act seem to agree on at least one thing: Allowing young adults to stay on their parents' health plans until they reach age ...
Health Care
Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk
Ten years ago, a sharply divided Congress decided to pour billions of dollars into subsidizing the purchase of drugs by elderly and disabled Americans.
At Least 6 Confirmed Dead in Texas Tornadoes
A rash of tornadoes slammed into several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds homeless. The violent spring storm scattered ...
Suspect Faces 20 Charges in Mother's Day Shooting
The suspect in a Mother's Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people faces 20 charges of attempted second-degree murder, according to jail records.
Gov't Probe Obtains Wide Swath of AP Phone Records
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented ...
Both Sides Condemn Convicted Pa. Abortion Doctor
Dr. Kermit Gosnell considered himself a pioneering inner-city doctor who helped desperate women get late-term abortions, but a Philadelphia jury called him a murderer who killed three babies after they ...
Angelina Jolie Says She Had Double Mastectomy
Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
Top IRS Official Didn't Reveal Tea Party Targeting
Congress was not told tea party groups were being inappropriately targeted by the Internal Revenue Service, even after acting agency Chief Steven Miller had been briefed on the matter.
FROM REBEL LAND
Photos of the characters and places in R.L. Nave's story REBEL LAND: A Racial History ...
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Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate
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