Sports

World Cup 2014: U.S. team buoyed by attention, hype back home

SAO PAULO (AP) — The last time the U.S. played in a World Cup in Brazil, just one American reporter was on hand, using vacation time and paying his own way. Sixty-four years later, about 100 credentialed U.S. […]

Entertainment

‘Designing women’ star Meshach Taylor dies at 67

The Associated Press Meshach Taylor, who played a lovable ex-convict surrounded by boisterous Southern belles on the sitcom “Designing Women” and appeared in numerous other TV and film roles, died of cancer at age 67, […]

News

Child, 3, dies when Italian ice shop door falls on her

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities were investigating how a metal security grate detached and fell from the facade of an Italian ice shop Saturday afternoon, killing a 3-year-old girl. The girl was at the Rita’s Water […]

Education

Mississippi universities seek $76.3 million budget increase

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The College Board voted Friday to seek an additional $76.3 million in state funding for Mississippi’s eight public universities when the Legislature gathers next year to write the 2016 budget. That’s […]

News

Former Chik-fil-A employee accused of robbing KFC

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A man who worked at a Chik-fil-A restaurant in northern South Carolina has been accused of robbing a KFC. Fifty-year-old old Jeffrey Coley is accused of taking $516 from the […]

Education

USM investigating if former staff member accessed personal information

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — The University of Southern Mississippi is investigating allegations that an employee accessed personal information of other employees on the Hattiesburg campus. USM President Rodney Bennett informed staff and faculty of the […]

News

Tea party losses don’t stop cash or curb influence

WASHINGTON (AP) — Desperate to knock off GOP incumbents in this year’s Republican primaries, the nation’s tea party groups have spent millions only to fall short in election after election. Yet for all the losses, […]

Sports

V Williams beats Nara to reach Wimbledon 3rd round

LONDON (AP) — Five-time champion Venus Williams overcame a slow start to beat Kurumi Nara 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the third round of a major for only the second time in her […]

Sports

Li Na advances to 3rd round at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) — Australian Open champion Li Na advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-2 win Wednesday over Yvonne Meusburger of Austria. The second-seeded Li had two early service breaks and […]