Tag: Associated Press

David Becker of the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Public Health explains the implications of an economic analysis of a possible Medicaid expansion in Mississippi on Dec. 12 in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Expansion of Mississippi Medicaid unlikely in 2014

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

John Kerry cites some progress in Middle East peace process

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Boeing machinists holding their completed ballots head to their polling place at a union hall on Friday in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Boeing machinists OK contract tied to 777X

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

The father, right, and brother of Ali Khadra, left, who was killed Thursday by a bomb explosion, carry his coffin during his funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on Saturday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

National Security

Al Qaeda group claims responsibility for Beirut bombing

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

An aerial view of a flooded neighborhood on the east side of New Orleans, La., on Sept. 1, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina passed through the area. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Energy and Environment

Few Katrina legal battles linger 8 years later

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Adding a baby to health plan not easy on healthcare.gov

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Contrast for parties in 2016 presidential race

Ken Thomas · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Americans think that health care is the No. 1 problem the government should be working on today â but aren't confident that the federal government can handle it. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Poll: Americans have little faith in government

Charles Babington · January 2, 2014 8:16 am

Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

National Security

John Kerry in Israel for new round of Middle East talks

Deb Riechmann · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

New Hampshire's House Ways and Means Committee voted 14-5 this fall to endorse electronic Keno games as a means to raise an estimated $9 million annually if the game is offered at 250 sites. (AP File)

New Hampshire House to vote on electronic Keno, poker rules

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

West Virginia House Speaker Tim Miley says state residents and small business owners have been hit with "shockingly high" flood insurance costs since Congress revised the National Flood Insurance Program in 2012. (AP File)

West Virginia lawmakers raise flood insurance concerns

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

A gas station advertises regular unleaded gasoline for less than $3.00 a gallon in Independence, Mo.

Oil price falls below $98 as dollar strengthens

Pablo Gorondi · January 2, 2014 5:00 am