Japan Approves Joining Int'l Child Abduction PactJapan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse.
GOP Questions IRS Scrutiny of Anti-Abortion GroupsWhen a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the Internal Revenue Service asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.
FBI: Man Fatally Shot in Boston Bombing ProbeA man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said Wednesday.
Okla. Mayor Wants to Require Tornado SheltersThe mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb battered by a monstrous tornado says he is pushing to require safe-room shelters in all new homes.
Official: Treasury Played No Role in IRS TargetingThe Treasury Department's No. 2 official told Congress on Wednesday that his agency played no role in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.
Indian Guest Workers Sue Company in Miss., TexasDozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina.
Judge Denies Death Row Inmate Manning New TrialA judge has denied death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning's request for a new trial in the 1993 slayings of a 90-year-old woman and her 60-year-old daughter in Starkville.
Obama Pledges Urgent Aid to Oklahoma TownPresident Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.
Syria Opposition Signals Tough Line on Peace TalksDespite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime.
FBI ID's Benghazi Suspects, But No Arrests YetThe U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists.
Fire Chief Says Search Almost Complete in OklahomaThe search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.
Conference Looks at Community Health CareDr. 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.
Woman Charged with Failing to Report to PrisonA woman convicted of being involved in the forgery of a bankruptcy judge's signature has now been charged with failing to report to prison.
Miss. Power CEO Ed Day OutMore than $1 billion in cost overruns at the coal-fired plant have claimed the job of Mississippi Power Co.'s CEO, and parent Southern Co. has sent in a top executive to try to salvage the mess.