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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

U.S. health agency to crack down on risky stem cell offerings

WASHINGTON – U.S. health authorities announced plans Thursday to crack down on doctors pushing stem cell procedures that pose the gravest risks to patients amid an effort to police a burgeon...

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

Keystone pipeline leaks 210K gallons of oil in South Dakota

AMHERST, S.D. – TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil onto agricultural land in northeastern South Dakota, the company and state regulators said Th...

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

Senate Judiciary presses Kushner in Russia investigation

WASHINGTON – The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee are saying President Donald Trump’s son-in-law hasn’t been fully forthcoming with the panel’s probe into Russia...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP, Democratic senators back bill to bolster FBI gun checks

WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic senators have joined forces on legislation to strengthen the FBI database of prohibited gun buyers after the Air Force failed to report the criminal hi...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hispanic Caucus rejects request from GOP lawmaker to join

WASHINGTON – The Congressional Hispanic Caucus rejected the request of Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo to join its ranks on Thursday, saying his record is inconsistent with the group’s values...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Congress debates oil drilling in largest US wildlife refuge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sometime next April, pregnant cows in the Porcupine Caribou Herd in Canada will take the lead in an annual migration of nearly 200,000 animals north to Alaska. ...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Moore targets female accusers as critics decry intimidation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ever defiant, Republican Roy Moore’s campaign on Thursday lashed out at the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, declaring “let the battle begin.” Women’s advocates de...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Killer Charles Manson alive as reports swirl of ill health

LOS ANGELES – For nearly 50 years Charles Manson has been the living personification of evil, a demonic presence captured in scores of photos, each of them marked by his piercing dark eyes a...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

After California shooting, residents seek police presence

RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. – Residents of a remote Northern California community terrorized by a mass shooting this week say they want more frequent patrols from sheriff’s deputies and ex...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Big House victory for GOP tax plan, but Senate fate unclear

WASHINGTON – Republicans rammed a $1.5 trillion overhaul of business and personal income taxes through the House Thursday, edging toward the code’s biggest rewrite in three decades and the f...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Museum of the Bible, built by Hobby Lobby owner, opens in DC

WASHINGTON – Eight years ago, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green found a new way to express his Christian faith. His family’s $4 billion arts and craft chain was already known for closing sto...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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