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Census data shows more elderly living in poverty than kids

When Donald Trump says almost four in 10 black American youths live in poverty, he’s technically correct. According to the official poverty measure, 36 percent of African-American...

Zika outbreak in Florida sparks travel restrictions for pregnant women

CDC warns pregnant women against going to Miami neighborhood

Trump infuriates GOP lawmakers after criticism of Muslim vet’s family

WASHINGTON – Angry and anxious, Republican lawmakers and veterans groups hastened to disavow Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of a bereaved military family Monday, but the GOP presidential ...

Clinton vs. Putin

Russian television shows what Kremlin thinks of her

45 million pounds of flour recalled

DES MOINES, Iowa – The most basic of baking ingredients, flour, is at the center of a complicated question: How did it become contaminated with bacteria normally found in animal feces? ...

2 starkly different visions of America

Clinton says Trump pushes fear; he says her head’s in the sand

Nation & World Briefs

Weapon in killing was mayor’s stolen gun STOCKTON, Calif. – Prosecutors in Northern California say a gun stolen from Stockton’s mayor was used to kill a 13-year-old boy last year. ...

Drones aid whale research

HONOLULU – Federal researchers returning from a 30-day expedition to study whales and dolphins around the Hawaiian Islands said they are looking for clues to help sustain healthy populations...

Edible balloons, treats: Ice Cream Museum is coolest

NEW YORK – Move over Willy Wonka. A temporary museum dedicated to all things ice cream is treating visitors to edible balloons, a Chocolate Chamber, a “swim” in a pool of faux rainbow sprink...

Are Swedes having less sex? Government wants to know

STOCKHOLM – Worried that Swedes aren’t having enough sex, the government wants to analyze the bedroom activities of its citizens in a major new study. It’s been 20 years since the...

1st black Marines get memorial

RALEIGH, N.C. – At the dedication of a memorial Friday honoring the first black U.S. Marines, John Spencer recalled what it was like to become a Montford Point Marine. “I’ll think...

NYPD bee squad ready for sting operations

NEW YORK – Daniel Higgins is one police officer who knows a thing or two about sting operations. Although the New York Police Department detective’s main job is working in a count...
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