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Homeless Conference Promotes Self-Sufficiency
Despite the fact that 34-year-old Andrew Black works as a bagger at McDade's Market, he slept in Poindexter Park last night because he has been unable to find affordable housing.
Simulation Builds Respect for Poor People
It's getting close to the end of the month, and the "Chen" family is trying to decide which bills they can afford to pay. The utility company tells them their …
FOX ‘News' Chick Makes Ass of Herself
I fully realize this probably happens over at FOX News every day, but this video is unbelievable. She is so outclassed by Bill Burton of the Obama campaign:
Hello, Melissa Ferrick
Melissa Ferrick, 39, has been busy recording a cover of Radiohead's "High and Dry" for her forthcoming album, but has stopped long enough to call me. She is slightly flustered, …
Test Drive: Room in a VUE
"It's too big," says Ms. D, with clear-eyed disdain. We were driving up to the Saturn dealership on I-55 and High Street, looking at a row of nearly identical Saturn …
Back In The USSR
In 1972, Arkadi and Boris Strugatsky, brothers who were celebrated Russian science-fiction writers, published a short novella called "Roadside Picnic." It chronicled a man's journey into "The Zone," a quarantined …
EYES ON LONDON: Music time, damaged Ukraine pride
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you.
State
Mississippi Reckons With Ending Pay Boost for the Unemployed
Katrina Folks says she has tried everything she can think of to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic.
City & County
Sex Trafficking: It’s Not About Sex
Heather Wagner, assistant attorney general in charge of the domestic violence unit in the state attorney general's office, says it's unclear just how big the sex trafficking problem is in …
Hospitals Seek High-Tech Help for Hand Hygiene
Hospitals have fretted for years over how to make sure doctors, nurses and staff keep their hands clean, but with only limited success.
House GOP Pushing Through $633 Billion Defense Bill... Including Spending the Pentagon Doesn't Want
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House pushed to complete a $633 billion defense bill for next year despite Pentagon complaints that it spares outdated but politically popular weapons at the expense …
Maya Greet Dawn of a New Era
The hundreds gathered in Chichen Itza said they believed it marked the birth of a new and better age.
Poll: Obesity's a Crisis but We Want Our Junk Food
We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn't start with resolutions to eat better and get off the couch. But don't try taking away our junk …
Expert Sees a Gathering Storm for Top Fund Manager
The arrest of a former hedge fund portfolio manager in what prosecutors are calling one of the most lucrative insider trading schemes ever indicates that prosecutors may be setting their …
Senators Work on Deal Expanding Background Checks
Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks for gun buyers.
National
Some in GOP Open to Banning Gun Accessory Used in Vegas
Senior congressional Republicans say they are open to considering legislation banning "bump stocks" like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to make semi-automatic rifles perform more like fully automatic …
Health Care
'Let Obamacare Fail,' Trump Says After GOP Plan Collapses
President Donald Trump declared Tuesday it's time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest GOP health care plan crashed and burned in the Senate, a stunning failure for the president, …
Editor's Note
Pause for Applause
A signature sound is more a product of its surroundings than the artists that fill them, and whether we like to admit that or not, an audience's reaction has an …
Where are the Rock Stars?
When Judy Coleman was 16, she watched MTV's "Rock the Vote" special "Choose or Lose" religiously. The rock stars sucked her in.
Why Looming Budget Battles Might Still Shut Down the Government
The Securities and Exchange Commission, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services could face partial shutdowns this fall, as a politically polarized Congress faces a Sept. 30 …
