BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A protest in support of Oregon ranchers facing jail time for arson was followed by an occupation of a building at a national wildlife refuge led by members of a family previously involved in a showdown with the federal government. Ammon Bundy — the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has marched confidently into the new year, raking in an additional $88.3 million and topping the box office for a third week, according to studio estimates Sunday. In the first weekend of 2016, the record-busting film blew past the domestic grosses of both “Jurassic World” and…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — President Barack Obama has declared an emergency exists in Missouri because of flooding. Obama signed the declaration on Saturday. It allows federal aid to be used to help state and local response efforts to storms that began Dec. 22 and flooding that continues. It also authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Amid concerns of a looming teacher shortage, public officials in San Francisco and other cities are looking at housing as a tool to prevent the exodus of young educators. School districts in high cost-of-living areas and rural communities that have long struggled to staff classrooms are considering buying or building rent-subsidized…
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s campaign says it has raised nearly $20 million over the last three months. The large haul further cements Cruz’s status as a serious contender for the nomination heading into the Iowa caucuses on February 1. Cruz’s campaign says in a memo to supporters that he will…
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Donald Trump has a personal beef with one of the efforts aimed at protecting the environment – it’s messing with his hair. The billionaire businessman turned Republican presidential candidate told supporters in South Carolina on Wednesday that he’s not impressed by replacements for old aerosol hairsprays that contained ozone-eating chemicals called…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Attorneys for the South Carolina church where nine parishioners were shot and killed in what police called a racially motivated attack have responded to a lawsuit seeking an accounting of millions of dollars in donations. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that attorneys for Emanuel AME deny that the church…
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Donald Trump says he will begin spending money on campaign advertising, despite what he views as comfortable leads in national and state preference polls. The Republican presidential front-runner says he doesn’t “want to take any chances.” He spoke to reporters Tuesday on his private jet before a rally in nearby…
BERLIN, N.H. (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she now believes the Islamic State’s persecution of Christians, the Yazidi minority and other religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East should be defined as “genocide.” Clinton, responding to a voter in New Hampshire, says she’s been reluctant to use the term in recent…
Texas (AP) – Authorities say a teen fugitive known for using an “affluenza” defense and his mother are scheduled to depart for the U.S. after a phone call for pizza led to their capture in Mexico. Eighteen-year-old Ethan Couch and his mother, Tonya Couch, were being held at immigration offices in Guadalajara on Tuesday. An immigration…