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Controversial appointment clouds U.S. Senate race in Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Sen. Luther Strange got his appointment to Congress earlier this year from a governor who later resigned under the cloud of an ethics scandal. The appoi...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Experts: Lack of remorse could bite ‘Pharma Bro’

NEW YORK – Less than an hour after a U.S. jury convicted Martin Shkreli of securities fraud, the so-called “Pharma Bro” was back at his New York City apartment doing what comes naturally: tr...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. in rare bull’s-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – It will be tough eclipsing this eclipse. The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on Aug. 21, turning day into night for a few wondrous ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Princess Diana film will air despite pleas from family

LONDON – A British broadcaster will air a salacious TV documentary about the late Princess Diana on Sunday despite pleas from her family, friends and former courtiers to scuttle a program th...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. officially tells United Nations it wants out of Paris climate deal

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Friday officially told the United Nations that the U.S. intends to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate pact. But the State Department’s ann...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Task force doesn’t back Sessions’ anti-pot views

WASHINGTON – The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assemble...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets

Trump tweets put Pentagon in legal, moral quagmire

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Solid hiring in July cuts unemployment rate to 4.3%

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in July, a second straight month of robust gains that underscore the economy’s vitality as it enters a ninth year of expansion. The ...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Poll: Trump’s leadership ratings sink to a new low

Almost exactly six years to the day after Donald Trump tweeted that “I believe America can be great only with proper leadership,” Quinnipiac University released a new poll Wednesday showing ...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senators move to protect special counsel in Russia probe

WASHINGTON – Senators introduced two bipartisan bills Thursday aimed at protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump as both parties signaled resistan...

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

Inside a nerve-rattling trip to pay pot taxes

LOS ANGELES – Jerred Kiloh’s eyes narrowed as he checked his mirror again. The black Chevy SUV with tinted windows was still behind him. It had been hanging off Kiloh’s bumper eve...

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

Trump promotes technology to improve veterans’ health care

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced new efforts Thursday to use technology to improve veterans’ health care, saying the programs will greatly expand access, especially for mental h...

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

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