WASHINGTON (AP) – On the eve of the Wisconsin primary, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is now predicting that he’s “going to have a really, really big victory.” Trump’s rhetoric in the state has grown increasingly confident over the last three days. Saturday morning, he was on the defensive, complaining about the coverage he’s received from…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A man accused of stealing $31 worth of candy bars from a New Orleans store faces a king-size sentence: He could get 20 years to life in prison. The New Orleans Advocate reports that 34-year-old Jacobia Grimes pleaded not guilty Thursday. Orleans Parish prosecutors charged Grimes under a statute that boosts…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Edwin Shifrin’s family knew he successfully escaped from a Nazi prison camp during World War II, but it wasn’t until one of his children started digging into his wartime past that they learned the details of the clever escape. Shifrin, 93, seldom discussed his time at war, but he received…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Deal-maker Donald Trump has lived his life as one long negotiation. He goes with his gut and wings it when necessary. Should Trump become president, the White House could well be transformed into the world’s highest-profile improv club. It’s part of what delights Trump’s followers and horrifies his critics. All of it…
CHICAGO (AP) – The first major research of its kind shows that cholesterol-lowering statins can prevent heart attacks and strokes in a globally diverse group of older people who don’t have heart disease. The results from 21 countries bolster recommendations on who should consider taking the drugs. The aim was to prevent heart disease using…
NEW YORK (AP) – Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly is taking notes on who she feels hasn’t supported her in her feud with Donald Trump, and colleague Bill O’Reilly and CNN are both on her list. Kelly, in an interview with Charlie Rose to air on CBS “Sunday Morning” this weekend, said she wished O’Reilly…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi House is sending Republican Gov. Phil Bryant a bill that would let government employees and private businesses cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples who want to marry. Bryant has not said whether he will sign House Bill 1523 . However, he signed a 2014 bill promoted…
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – A federal trial date has been set for an Ohio college student who rushed the stage at a Donald Trump rally. Chief Magistrate Sharon Ovington in Dayton on Thursday scheduled trial for May 31 for 22-year-old Thomas DiMassimo on a charge of illegally entering a restricted area. She also scheduled an…
ATLANTA (AP) – A new government report shows no change in how common autism is among U.S. children. About 1 in 68 school-aged children have autism or related disorders. That’s the same as when health officials checked two years earlier. The lack of change is noteworthy because autism estimates had been steadily increasing. In 2007,…
