Sanders spokesman says DNC is attempting to undermine campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) -Bernie Sanders campaign manager says DNC is "actively attempting to undermine" campaign. A summary of computer logs show that four aides to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign accessed proprietary voter data compiled by the campaign of rival Hillary Clinton. And the records also show that the aides conducted 25 separate searches of…
Read MoreJudge orders New Jersey ‘gay conversion’ nonprofit to close
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey nonprofit that was sued for offering to turn gays to heterosexuals has been ordered to close. A judge on Friday granted a permanent injunction against Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing, known as JONAH. In June, a Hudson County jury awarded damages to several men who had sued…
Read MoreMarking anniversary, Obama says long journey for US, Cuba
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.…
Read MoreNew Hampshire official sets February 9 presidential primary date
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…
Read MoreExec who jacked up price of a life-saving drug is arrested
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…
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