Obama to visit Louisiana as White House bats away criticism

President Barack Obama will visit flooded Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday, four days after the Republican who wants his job flew into the city and chided the president for remaining on vacation during the disaster. Obama's visit to the flood zone, normally a routine presidential exercise, has become politically freighted thanks to his own decision not to interrupt his annual Martha's Vineyard vacation, criticism by Republican Donald Trump and the Baton Rouge newspaper, and memories of the botched federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Sheriff: Face-biting suspect may have ingested chemical

The disclosure that some pills found at Prince's Paisley Park home and studio were counterfeit and contained the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl strongly suggests the pills came to the superstar musician... The disclosure that some pills found at Prince's Paisley Park home and studio were counterfeit and contained the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl strongly suggests the pills came to the superstar musician illegally. A South Carolina mother is charged with killing her infant son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours.

The Latest: Massacre suspect charged with 6 counts of murder

Dearman, of Leakesville, Mississippi, will be charged wi... . Crime scene tape marks the home on Jim Platt Road near Citronelle, Ala., Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, where authorities said five people were killed on Saturday.

Trade experts still a hot commodity on K Street despite heated political rhetoric

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, center, is flanked by international counterparts in Atlanta after an agreement was reached by 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership member countries in October. Joshua Teitelbaum, a leading Commerce Department official who helped negotiate and promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, has joined the law and lobbying firm Akin Gump.

Nigerian military: Air raid fatally wounds Boko Haram leader

Kansas is asking a federal appeals court to keep thousands of people who haven't yet provided the documents to prove they are U.S. citizens from voting in November's election. Growing wildfires fed by windy, dry conditions have destroyed buildings and forced evacuations in central California, eastern Washington, Oregon and elsewhere.

Schools cut 3,000 jobs across Oklahoma after budget reductions

Close to 4 percent of public school teacher positions in Oklahoma were eliminated last year as districts across the state dealt with budget cuts and a shortage of trained teachers. A survey of school districts by the Oklahoma State School Boards Association found 1,530 teaching positions were removed over the past school year, according to results made public Monday.

Grant Bosse: Trump fighting left wing tide in Baton Rouge

During day five of Katlyn Marin's murder trial, the judge listened to numerous phone calls secretly recorded between Marin and her ex-boyfriend, including the first phone call he made to her after... Red Sox starter David Price threw eight innings of shutout baseball, getting his first win as a visitor at Tropicana Field and leading Boston to a 6-2 ... (more)

Meet the 12-year-old behind Trump’s campaign in Jefferson County, Colorado

The Donald Trump campaign has gained a reputation for its less-than-traditional approach to grassroots engagement, and that includes its offices in Jefferson County, Colorado, where one of the operation's most prominent leaders is 12-year-old Weston Imer. Weston, who helps coordinate volunteers and the office's get-out-the-vote operation, told CNN Colorado affiliate KDVR he hoped his experience would lead other young people to follow in his footsteps.

ChemChina Clinches U.S. Security Nod for Syngenta Purchase

China National Chemical Corp. received approval from U.S. national security officials for its takeover of Swiss agrochemical and seeds company Syngenta AG, seen as the biggest regulatory hurdle that the $43 billion acquisition faces. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has cleared the transaction, the companies said in a statement Monday.

Gore: Climate voters should stick with Dems

But he said voters who want to tackle climate change should vote for Clinton, not Green Party candidate Jill Stein or anyone else. "I particularly urge anyone who is concerned about the climate crisis, sees it as the kind of priority that I see it as, to look at the sharp contrast between the solar plan that Secretary Clinton has put forward, and her stated commitment to support the Clean Power Plan, and the contrast between what she has said and is proposing with the statements of the Republican nominee, which give me great concern," Gore told ThinkProgress.

Donald Trump maintains slight edge over Hillary Clinton in new SC poll

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump finds himself with a slight lead in South Carolina over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a new poll. The poll from group Gravis Marketing has the real estate mogul up 46 percent to Clinton's 42 percent in a head to head matchup based on results from Aug. 15 to Aug. 17. The remaining 12 percent of voters find themselves uncertain of either candidate.

Our Opinion: Good news found all across region last week

From local residents collecting donations for flood victims in Louisiana to a large donation of school supply kits to a local school, there was no shortage of good news throughout Northeast Mississippi last week. Before we prepare for the week ahead, let's take a look back at some of the highlights from last week: a Several groups and individuals in Northeast Mississippi worked to collect and deliver donations to the victims of flooding in Louisiana and south Mississippi.