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HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama are wishing former first lady Barbara Bush a “speedy recovery” after she was hospitalized with a respiratory-related issue. In a written statement Wednesday, the president says the thoughts and prayers of all Americans are with Mrs. Bush. Obama says she is blessed to have a […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Target is getting hit with another lump of coal this holiday season. The nation’s second-largest discount retailer said Tuesday that an unidentified number of gift cards sold over the holidays were not properly activated. The Minneapolis chain says the number of cards affected was less than 0.1 percent of the total […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve years ago, Bill de Blasio attended New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s inauguration as a newly-minted city councilman, unknown to most outside his Brooklyn district and a small circle of political operatives. He is now Bloomberg’s successor, elected by a record margin, supported by a former — and perhaps a […]
DENVER (AP) — Firing up bongs and cheering in a cloud of marijuana smoke, pot users in Colorado hailed the arrival of the nation’s first recreational pot industry Wednesday. Retail sales weren’t to begin until 8 a.m. But marijuana fans didn’t wait to celebrate the industry. “Honestly, I thought I’d never see the day,” said […]
More than one million people lost their unemployment benefits this past Saturday, due to the expiration of the emergency program that Congress did not extend.…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Six states were named Monday by federal officials to develop test sites for drones – a critical next step for the…
The new year is bringing a host of new laws taking effect in January or thereabouts. A look at some state and local laws that are making news: ____ ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA COLORADO, MAINE AND WASHINGTON: Colorado pot stores open Jan. 1 as retailers usher in the nation’s first legal recreational pot industry. Sales in […]
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman tried to fatally stab her ex-husband and poison her four children with prescription narcotic drugs, including a teenage daughter who was found dead in her home on Christmas Day, police said Monday. She lured the man to her apartment and stabbed him repeatedly before he was able to flee […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The deaths this year of three major Texas Republican donors, including a billionaire who died over the weekend, could signal a generational change for party kingmakers in the nation’s largest GOP stronghold. Harold Simmons, whose business interests ranged from energy to nuclear waste dumps, helped transform Texas from a Democrat-controlled state […]
The First Lady’s birthday is just three weeks away and the White House is busy planning her a big bash. According to reports, a dance…
HONOLULU (AP) — A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government’s rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday,…
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was arrested on a reckless driving charge for the second time this year after officers clocked him going 110 mph in a 70 mph zone. A news release from the Florida Highway Patrol said a white Mercedes driven by the 23-year-old Cuban defector was pulled […]
