House passes another temporary fix to keep highway aid going
States would continue to receive highway and transit aid for another two months under a bill the House passed Tuesday.
Life crawling back to normal in Nepal’s quake-hit capital
Fresh croissants emerged from a popular bakery and were quickly snapped up.
Nepal quake toll tops 5,000 as aid reaches epicenter area
Aid reached a hilly district near the epicenter of Nepal’s earthquake for the first time Wednesday, four days after the quake struck and as the death toll from the disaster passed the 5,000 mark.
Obama: No Iraq rescue; further airdrops unlikely
President Barack Obama on Thursday promised to expand U.S. humanitarian relief to Iraqis threatened by the advancing army of the Islamic State militants.
Ukraine says it will deny access to Russian aid
A convoy of 280 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid headed for eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, but Ukraine said it would deny the mission entry because it has not been certified by the Red Cross and could be a covert military operation.
Welfare drug testing bill advances to House
The Mississippi House is expected to vote Wednesday on a welfare drug testing bill that Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is pushing, weeks after a judge struck down a similar law in Florida.
U.S. sending $25M in new typhoon aid to Philippines
The United States is providing nearly $25 million in additional humanitarian aid to help the Philippines deal with the enormous devastation and deaths wrought by Typhoon Haiyan last month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday after touring the worst-hit region.
Philippine death toll rises above 5,000
The death toll from one of the strongest typhoons on record has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further, although recovery efforts are beginning to take hold, Philippine officials said Friday.
Aid missions boost U.S. troops’ image
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON — As soon as Navy pilot Matthew Stafford puts his helicopter down in the village of Borongan, he is rushed
In Philippines, a battered town helps itself
GUIUAN, Philippines — The knock of hammer on nail, the buzz of chain saws, the swish of brooms clearing up debris from wrecked homes and
Money preferred form of charity for Typhoon Haiyan relief
Faced with heartbreaking images of the typhoon-ravaged Philippines — the sea of corpses, communities reduced to rubble, mothers clutching their hungry children — the world
U.S. expected to slash aid to Egyptian government
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei — U.S. officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration is poised to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in military and
Miss. companies with $227M in aid employ fewer than 500
Mississippi has disbursed nearly $227 million in aid to six alternative energy companies since 2010 but so far has fewer than 500 jobs to show for it.
Obama declares disaster areas in Miss., Louisiana
President Barack Obama has declared federal emergencies in areas of Louisiana and Mississippi hit hard by Isaac, moving to speed federal aid and recovery efforts to the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast.