WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says the process of normalizing relations with Cuba will take time, but there’s progress already. Obama is marking the one-year anniversary of the announcement by the United States and Cuba of plans to restore relations. Obama says both countries have taken important steps in that year to normalize relations.…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire’s secretary of state has scheduled the first-in-the-nation presidential primary for Feb. 9, 2016, a move that had been widely expected given the lack of pressure from other states. Other states in past years have jockeyed to move their primaries and caucuses earlier in hopes of grabbing some of the…
NEW YORK (AP) – Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager vilified in nearly every corner of America for buying a pharmaceutical company and jacking up the price of a life-saving drug more than fiftyfold, was arrested Thursday on securities fraud charges unrelated to the furor. The boyish-looking 32-year-old entrepreneur – a relentlessly self-promoting figure…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama legislator has asked the governor to remove the Confederate flag from the uniforms of state troopers. The uniforms include Alabama’s coat of arms: A shield with the Confederate battle flag and the flags of Great Britain, France, Spain and the United States – the four nations that have held…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – The quest for a surefire way to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes appears to be foundering. Scientists discovered DNA from the aggressive fish in Chicago-area waterways in 2009. Government agencies have spent more than $300 million on short-term measures such as electric barriers to block their path.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A University of Missouri employee has resumed working after her videotaped clash with a student photographer during campus protests helped fan debate about free press. The Columbia Missourian reports that the MU Office of Greek Life said Tuesday that Janna Basler has returned to her job in the office. Basler and…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Homeland Security Department is unveiling an update to the National Terrorism Advisory system and issuing its first “bulletin.” Secretary Jeh Johnson says adding a bulletin to the alert system is an effort to better inform the public about evolving terrorist threats. Wednesday’s bulletin, reminding people of ongoing concerns over terrorism at…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says he has asked his staff to look into whether Texas Sen. Ted Cruz released classified information during Tuesday night’s GOP presidential debate. Cruz made a claim during an exchange with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio about the new USA Freedom Act, which Cruz supported and…
