JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are considering several measures to combat what they call a heroin epidemic. The House voted 154-2 Thursday to allow pharmacists to sell naloxone, which temporarily counteracts the effects of opiates and is used to treat overdoses. The bill now heads to the Senate. Republican Rep. Holly Rehder has…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two dozen U.S. senators want the Army to reverse a policy change barring female World War II pilots from having their ashes placed at Arlington National Cemetery. The pilots are known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. They flew military aircraft in noncombat roles to free up male pilots for combat.…
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – Michael Bloomberg sees an opportunity emerging in presidential politics after Hillary Clinton’s blowout defeat in New Hampshire and Donald Trump’s victory there. But those close to the former New York City mayor caution that he’s not rushing to join the race. Bloomberg – widely considered a fiscal conservative but social…
BURNS, Ore. (AP) – A live stream of a telephone call indicates three of the four remaining occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge have surrendered, but one is refusing to budge. The surrender is playing out over a phone call on an open line streamed live on the Internet by an acquaintance of occupier David…
