WASHINGTON (AP) – Starbucks is pushing back against accusations from GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and others that its minimalist holiday cup design is a slap at Christmas. In a statement Tuesday touting its 2015 Christmas coffee, Starbucks said it’s introducing this year’s exclusive blend on behalf of its 300,000 employees “from diverse ethnic backgrounds.”…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Maine’s attorney general is suing a protester who she says yelled so loudly outside a Planned Parenthood facility that he disrupted health care services there. Attorney General Janet Mills filed a complaint under the state’s civil rights act against 26-year-old Brian Ingalls, of Lisbon. She says he violated the rights of…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) – A Missouri white supremacist who killed three people at two Kansas Jewish sites last year is about to find out if he will be sentenced to death. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. was convicted in August of capital murder, attempted murder and other charges. The same jury that convicted him after a…
NEW YORK (AP) – The early ratings are in for Donald Trump’s appearance on “SNL” and they’re solid, but not “HUGE.” Preliminary Nielsen ratings measuring households in 56 U.S. markets gave the “Saturday Night Live” episode its highest rating since only January 2012. Basketball great Charles Barkley was host that night. The Republican presidential hopeful’s…
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Chris Christie will miss out on the main stage at this week’s GOP debate, but you won’t catch the New Jersey governor complaining about it. Fox Business Network said last week that Christie didn’t have the poll numbers needed to qualify for Tuesday’s prime-time debate. The announcement came as Christie appeared…
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CHICAGO (AP) — A new model for health care is intended to promote a shift toward a system where doctors treat people — rather than symptoms. This individualized approach is called “person-centered care” or “patient-centered care,” and is based on the concept that costs can be reined in by preventing expensive emergency room visits. It’s…
NEW YORK (AP) — Honda is recalling more than 25,000 cars in the U.S. to replace the rear grab rail brackets, which it says could interfere with the deployment of a side curtain air bag. The carmaker says no such instances have been reported and that it discovered the faulty design during internal testing. The…
