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Conference Looks at Community Health Care
Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, a family physician and epidemiologist whose work focuses on health care equity, will speak Wednesday at an annual Mississippi conference on improving community health care programs.
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Health Care
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 …
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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.
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Cambodian Shoe Factory Collapse Kills 2, Injures 7
The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident spotlighting the often lethal safety …
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Miss. Puts $2M into Effort to Keep Military Bases
Mississippi's officials can tell you that defending the state's military bases from closures can get expensive.
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Economy
The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of Hurt
Installment loans can be deceptively expensive. World Finance and its competitors push customers to renew their loans over and over again, transforming what the industry touts as a safe, responsible …
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Person of the Day
Jim Hood
The office of Mississippi's Attorney General Jim Hood has long been an advocate for victims of crime in the state. As such, Hood and his team of attorneys write and …
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Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
From May 14 to 17, the remaining candidates in the Jackson Mayoral Debates will face off in a series of debates before the May 21 runoff election.
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Ohio Man's Ex-Relatives Say He is a 'Monster'
The man accused of holding three women captive for a decade in his home terrorized the mother of his children, frequently beating her, playing twisted psychological games and locking her …
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Economy
Everything We Know About What's Happened Under Sequestration
When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high …
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Cleveland Man Arraigned on Rape, Kidnap Charges
A Cleveland man was arraigned Thursday on charges of rape and kidnapping after three women missing for about a decade and one of their young daughters were found alive at …
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Police Facing Questions in 3 Women's Ohio Rescue
One neighbor says a naked woman was seen crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another heard pounding on the home's …
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Person of the Day
Melinda Todd
Melinda Todd, coordinator for Crisis Prevention Resource Program at Jackson State University, is dedicated to combating suicide through education and mentorship.
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Promises, Promises: When Obama's Promises Conflict
Absent a magic potion or explosive economic growth, it was all but inevitable President Barack Obama would have to break some of his campaign promises to keep others.
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Oil Drilling Technology Leaps, Clean Energy Lags
Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade—just not the one we expected.
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Police, Politicians Push Surveillance Post-Boston
Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the example of surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as a reason to get …
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Obama to Pitch Immigration Overhaul in Mexico
President Barack Obama has his domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda as he travels to Mexico on Thursday.
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Seeing Signs
Keeping an eye and spirit open for universal signs of life has become like taking deep breaths for me. I started recognizing that nothing is by chance, and all things …
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Candidate
Williams: Part of the Solution
Patricia Williams' candidacy for Ward 3 comes from deep concern. As a life-long resident of the ward, she says it has gone downhill in recent years along with its young …
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Outraged Lawmakers Look to Change Military Justice
Outrage over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case has Republicans and Democrats joining forces on ambitious legislation to change the …
