Posts in category National & World

ATLANTA (AP) _ Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ A former official who resigned from a Republican post in Arkansas said Thursday he’s not a racist and that he …

LONDON (AP) – Five-time Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who wrote music for a dozen James Bond films, including “You Only Live Twice” and “Goldfinger” but …

AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reached back into the past Tuesday night in a State of the Union address that was …

WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal criminal investigation targeting John Edwards is examining how much the two-time presidential candidate knew about money used to cover up …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jean Webster, who opened a soup kitchen in Atlantic City 25 years ago when she saw a homeless man rummaging …

Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. — Eleven-year-old Mikey Carraway’s liver had failed — doctors had two weeks at most to find an organ donor to save …

Associated Press PEARL, Miss. — Two sisters whose life sentences were suspended on condition that one donate a kidney to the other were released from …

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ A complaint filed with Maine’s campaign oversight panel is taking aim at free newspaper ads given to supporters of a successful …