Miss. Government: Little Impact from Fed ShutdownAgency directors and spokesmen say Mississippi government is feeling little effect from the federal government's partial shutdown that started last week.
4 Americans Meet Snowden to Give Him an AwardFour former U.S. government officials who met with former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden said Thursday that he is adjusting to life in Russia and expresses no regrets about leaking highly classified information. Separately, Snowden's father arrived to …
UN to Tackle Collapsing Central African RepublicThe U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution Thursday aimed at helping end near-anarchy in the violence-wracked Central African Republic, which it says is threatening stability in the volatile region and beyond.
Man Wants Sentence Reduced in Carjacking CaseA man who pleaded guilty to an armed carjacking in central Mississippi has asked a federal judge to throw out part of his 10-year sentence.
U.S. Expected to Slash Aid to Egyptian GovernmentU.S. officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration is poised to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt.
3 in U.S. Win Chemistry Nobel for Computer ModelsThree U.S.-based scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing powerful computer models that researchers use to understand complex chemical interactions and create new drugs.
Harrison County Inmate Found Hanging in Jail CellThe Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has joined in the investigation of the death of a Harrison County inmate who was found hanging in his cell.
Libya Prime Minister Says U.S. Raid Won't Hurt TiesRelations between Tripoli and Washington will not be hurt by the U.S. raid that seized an al-Qaida suspect from the Libyan capital, Libyan leaders said Tuesday, as they requested Washington allow the family of the detainee—now being held on a …
2 Win Physics Nobel for Higgs TheoryNearly 50 years after they came up with the theory, but little more than a year since the world's biggest atom smasher delivered the proof, Britain's Peter Higgs and Belgian colleague Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday …
U.S. Adults Score Below Average on Worldwide TestIt's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either.
Senate Dems to Try for Debt Ceiling IncreaseDemocrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow more money, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown as the time remaining to stop a first-ever default on U.S. obligations ticks by.
With Obama Out, Others Take APEC Stage, Sort OfAs some of the world's heavy-weight leaders stood in the spotlight Monday at a regional economic summit, they still managed to be upstaged by who was missing.