U.S. Declassifies Phone Surveillance Details After Uproar
A top intelligence official is declassifying details about one program while insisting that collecting America's phone records and internet use of foreign nationals were legal.
DuPree Wins by 37 Votes in Hattiesburg Mayoral Race
After affidavit ballots were counted Thursday, Dupree had 4,775 votes and Dave Ware had 4,738.
Holder Praises Slain Black Activist Medgar Evers
Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday praised slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, saying that the black activist's vision and leadership helped make it possible for Holder and President Barack …
Committee Passes Bill to Address Sexual Assaults
With broad support from Republicans and Democrats, a House committee Wednesday approved legislation to tackle the growing problem of sexual assault in the armed forces by taking away the power …
Court: Girls Can Buy Morning-After Pill for Now
Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
Report: Gov't Scooping Up Verizon Phone Records
The National Security Agency currently is collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top secret court order, Britain's Guardian newspaper said Wednesday.
AP Survey: Economists See No Stock Market Bubble
A nervous debate is raging among investors and analysts: Has the Federal Reserve inflated a stock market bubble by driving interest rates to record lows?
Soldier Pleads Guilty in Massacre of 16 Afghans
Seated at a table with his hands folded in front of him, twiddling his thumbs, an American soldier dryly spoke about how he slipped away from his base in Afghanistan …
China Frustration with N. Korea Offers Hope for U.S.
China's growing frustration with longtime ally North Korea offers the United States a glimmer of hope about a once unthinkable prospect: holding discussions between Washington and Beijing about what to …
Six Dead in Pa. Thrift Store Collapse
A building under demolition collapsed onto a neighboring thrift store Wednesday morning, injuring at least 14 and killing six people.
7 Indicted in Miss. Child's Kidnapping from School
Seven people have been indicted on federal charges that they conspired to kidnap a 6-year-old girl from an east Mississippi elementary school.
3 More Face Charges in Miss. Child's Kidnapping
Three more people, including a University of Alabama basketball player, were arrested Tuesday in the April kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl from east Mississippi, authorities said.
Mississippians Taking Supplies to Okla.
A group of volunteers from a Mississippi town that was hit hard by a tornado in 2011 will travel this week to help victims of a deadly twister that hit …
Deadly Okla. Tornado Widest on Record, Rare EF5
The deadly tornado that plowed through an area near Oklahoma City last week was even larger and more powerful than previously estimated — a record 2.6 miles wide with winds …
Judge Accepts Insanity Plea in Colo. Shooting Case
A judge accepted James Holmes' long-awaited plea of not guilty by reason of insanity Tuesday and ordered him to undergo a mental evaluation — an examination that could be a …
