Xi, Obama Look to Strike Up Relationship at Summit
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping face weighty issues when they meet at a private estate in California next week, but their most important task may simply be …
AP Sources: Obama to Name Ex-Bush Aide to Head FBI
President Barack Obama is prepared to nominate James Comey, a former Bush administration official with bipartisan credentials, as the next FBI director.
U.S. Economy Growing Slowly
The U.S. economy grew at a modest 2.4 percent annual rate from January through March, slightly slower than initially estimated.
Forrest Co. Launching $5M Local Road Project
Forrest County will get started this summer on a $5 million effort to repave about 65 miles of potholes and pitted roads.
Economic Gains Lift U.S. Confidence to a 5-Year High
Home prices are surging. Job growth is strengthening. And stocks are setting record highs. All of which explains why Americans are more hopeful about the economy than at any other …
Mothers Now Top Earners in 4 in 10 U.S. Households
A record number of American women are now the sole or primary breadwinners in their families, a sign of the rising influence of working mothers, a new study finds.
U.S. Gun Debate Overlooks Daily Violence
Often lost in America's divisive gun control politics are the stories of people whose urban communities suffer the most from shootings every day.
Tax Overhaul: IRS Scandal Could Lead to Changes
The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some lawmakers are hoping attention to the budding scandal will …
Feds Investigate Md. Train Derailment, Explosion
Federal investigators planned to spend the coming days piecing together what caused a chemical-carrying CSX train to collide with a garbage truck, derail and explode at a rail crossing in …
Rep. Bachmann Won't Seek Fifth Term
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, said her decision had nothing to do with ongoing investigations.
Miss. Unveils Marker for 1963 Civil Rights Sit-In
Mississippi on Tuesday unveiled a historical marker commemorating the sit-in that took place 50 years earlier at a segregated lunch counter in downtown Jackson.
Passengers Returning to U.S. After Cruise Ship Fire
For the second time this year, a fire at sea has aborted a cruise ship's voyage. This time, aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas and the ship's 2,200 passengers …
Much of Red Cross Fund for Sandy Aid Still Unspent
Seven months after Superstorm Sandy, the Red Cross still hasn't spent more than a third of the $303 million it raised to assist victims of the storm, a strategy the …
Suu Kyi Opposes 2-Child :Limit for Myanmar Minority
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay over decisions by authorities in western Myanmar to restore a two-child limit on a Muslim minority group, a policy …
Officials: Gunman in Texas Rampage was Marine
A man suspected in a West Texas shooting rampage that left one woman dead and five others wounded was a Marine who was wanted for questioning in a slaying in …
