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National parks to offer look into green-friendly transit

Americans may soon get a better glimpse into a future of green-friendly transportation by visiting a U.S. national park. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Transportation Secretary Pete Butt...

DATE: Nov 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

McConnell: No government shutdown this week over immigration

WASHINGTON – Testing the resolve of Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared Sunday there won’t be a government shutdown this week over the question of protecting immigrant...

DATE: Dec 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Postal regulators move to let stamp prices jump higher

Businesses balk at added costs

DATE: Dec 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Conyers steps aside from Judiciary post amid sex allegations

WASHINGTON – Michigan Rep. John Conyers, under investigation over allegations he sexually harassed female staff members, said Sunday he will step aside as the top Democrat on the House Judic...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Roy Moore accuser says she was not paid to tell her story

WASHINGTON – A woman accusing Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of initiating sexual contact when she was 14 said Monday she wanted to confront him years ago but didn’t because he was power...

DATE: Nov 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Official says Trump doesn’t know who to believe about Moore

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump doesn’t know who to believe about sexual misconduct allegations involving Roy Moore, but isn’t campaigning for his party’s Senate candidate in Alabama bec...

DATE: Nov 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

VA exploring idea of merging health system with Pentagon

WASHINGTON – As part of its effort to expand private health care, the Department of Veterans Affairs is exploring the possibility of merging its health system with the Pentagon’s, a cost-sav...

DATE: Nov 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

VA data show veteran suicide highest in U.S. West, rural areas

WASHINGTON – Suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas, according to new government data released Friday that show wide state-by-state dispariti...

DATE: Sep 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Do postal woes demand jump in stamp price to 60 cents?

WASHINGTON – A 60 cent postage stamp? The U.S. Postal Service would have to boost prices for mailing letters and packages by nearly 20 percent – the biggest one-time increase in its history ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Postal Service bets on higher stamp prices to fix woes

WASHINGTON – Buffeted by threats from Amazon drones to deliveries by golf cart, the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service is counting on a different strategy to stay competitive: more freedom to r...

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Postal Service: More red ink, missed payments as mail slumps

Post office reports $2.1 billion in losses last quarter

DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House to Senate: Pass health bill now or else

Trump threatens to stop federal payments to insurance companies

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World