(CNN) -- The family of a Mississippi mayoral candidate claimed Sunday that he died after being "beaten, dragged and burned," but it's an account a medical examiner disputed, saying "I don't know where that is coming from."

Gov. Jan Brewer and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu say Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency did not notify their offices when it moved some detainees out of detention and into less expensive supervised release programs.

Lawrence Reed faces murder charge in Marco McMillian's death Police Make Arrest In Death Of Mississippi Mayoral Candidate

Congressmen leave Washington; Senate rejects competing Democratic and Republican alternatives $85 billion in spending cuts Obama and Hill leaders are set to meet Friday, but hopes for progress are low

(CNN) -- Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said Wednesday he was threatened by a senior Obama administration official following his reporting on the White House's handling of the forced federal spending cuts set to take effect on Friday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- There's only one day left before $85 billion in widely disliked spending cuts start to take effect. What are Congress and the president doing Thursday to deal with this self-inflicted crisis?

FORT MEADE, Maryland (CNN) -- Pfc. Bradley Manning pleaded guilty Thursday to half of the 22 charges against him, but not the major one, in what the government says is the largest leak of classified documents in the nation's history.

A predictably divided Supreme Court appeared ready to strike down - at least in part - the key enforcement provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, with many conservative justices on Wednesday suggesting it was a constitutionally unnecessary vestige of the civil rights era.

New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel addressed service members and civilian employees Wednesday, vowing to always be "honest" and "direct" with his staff--and asking the same in return.

Winter storm hits Chicago and the Great Lakes area  with heavy snowfalls and power outages.New Hampshire to get 12 inches of snow