In an ambitious road map for slashing the global spread of AIDS, the Obama administration says treating people sooner and more rapid expansion of other proven tools could help even the hardest-hit countries begin turning the tide of the epidemic over the next three to five years.

An end of the year deadline rapidly approaching, top Obama administration officials went to Capitol Hill on Thursday to press the White House case for raising tax rates on upper-bracket earners.

Nearly 400 nonprofits and public employers will receive bills totaling more than $542,000 after South Carolina's unemployment agency mistakenly undercharged employers for three quarters.