Poll: Clinton sweeps GOP foes save Bush tie in Florida
Other native sons didn’t fare as well against the former secretary of state, with Clinton still topping Florida’s Sen. Marco Rubio 49% to 39% and also leading Pennsylvania’s former Sen….
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Measles outbreak: Different states, different rules on vaccinations
Take California, for example, where more than 90 people have already been infected with measles this year. Like many states, parents in California don’t have to vaccinate their children before…
Budget Cuts Threaten Mission Of Prison School
NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — Thousands of former inmates can claim the Community High School of Vermont as their alma mater, the place they received the education allowing them to become…
Russia Details Plans to Bolster Its Economy, but Experts Scoff
MOSCOW — With oil prices down more than 50 percent in the past year and still falling, the ruble having lost more than half its value, a recession looming and…
Australian Leader Pledges to Abandon Unpopular Policies
SYDNEY, Australia — Less than two years into Australia’s top job, Prime Minister Tony Abbott is struggling to hold on to his office amid growing speculation that his colleagues may…
ISIS Tactics Questioned as Hostages Dwindle
AMMAN, Jordan — The extremists of the Islamic State managed to parlay their Japanese and Jordanian hostages into 12 days of worldwide publicity. But other than depleting their supply of…
Departing From Country’s Pacifism, Japanese Premier Vows Revenge for Killings
TOKYO — When Islamic State militants posted a video over the weekend showing the grisly killing of a Japanese journalist, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacted with outrage, promising “to make…
Obama Defends Ambitious Agenda In Pre-Super Bowl Interview
President Barack Obama on Sunday defended the ambitious agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address in January, during an interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie ahead of…
In Liberated Kobani, Pride Despite the Devastation
A Kurdish fighter in the town of Kobani, Syria, which was devastated by the Islamic State and an American-led air campaign to expel the militants.” KOBANI, Syria — Lasheen Abdulla…
John McCain stands by Sarah Palin
“I think that she ought to do whatever she feels that she would like to do. And I’m very supportive of anything that she does,” the Arizona Republican said Sunday…
Jeb Bush & Rand Paul’s post-Romney moves
1. MITT BOWS OUT, AND JEB MOVES IN With Mitt Romney now officially out of the 2016 GOP nomination chase, New Hampshire becomes a more wide-open race, and the Jeb…
McCain Stands By Calling Protesters ‘Low-Life Scum’: ‘I Think They’re Terrible People’
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that he will not apologize for calling protesters “low-life scum” at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing earlier this week. “I think they’re terrible…
Islamic State Militants Say They Killed 2nd Japanese Hostage
AMMAN, Jordan — The Islamic State claimed to have beheaded a Japanese journalist in a video released Saturday night, culminating a two-week-long drama that appears to have cost the lives…
California Measles Outbreak Grows
More measles cases have been found in California, health officials said Friday. Figures released by the California Department of Public Health showed there are now 91 confirmed cases in the…
Ohio Executions Rescheduled
The state on Friday rescheduled executions for seven death row inmates as it tries to find new lethal drugs, meaning no inmate will be put to death in Ohio in…
Jordan, Japan Wait For News Of 2 ISIS Hostages
The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word…
New Greek Government Refuses To Extend Bailout Program
By Lefteris Papadimas and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Greece’s new leftist government opened talks on its bailout with European partners on Friday by flatly refusing to extend…
Obama Moves To Protect Against Flooding From Rising Sea Levels
President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday directing federal, state and local agencies to incorporate projections for sea level rise in planning and construction along the coasts. –…
Jeb Bush’s Conservative Bid For Governor: The Highlight Reel
The Jeb Bush of 1994 looked quite different, in appearance and ideology, than the man now preparing for a possible presidential run. Then a wealthy businessman at the age of…
Ted Strickland To Challenge Senator Rob Portman: Report
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D), who once told The Huffington Post that he had “no plans for the Senate,” now, apparently, has had a change of heart. – “Ohio…
ISIS Launches Surprise Attack on Kirkuk, Killing Top Kurdish Commander
BAGHDAD — Exploiting a foggy night as cover, Islamic State militants launched a surprise attack on Kurdish positions on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early Friday,…
Jeb ‘Put Me Through Hell’
Sitting recently on his brick back patio here, Michael Schiavo called Jeb Bush a vindictive, untrustworthy coward. For years, the self-described “average Joe” felt harassed, targeted and tormented by the…
Heavy Setback For Iraqi Kurds As Clashes With ISIS Kill Top Commander
Clashes with Islamic State militants killed a senior Kurdish military commander and eight of his fighters just outside the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, officials said. Attacks…
John Kerry Fined For Not Shoveling Snow Outside Home
John Kerry has many titles — secretary of state, former senator, one-time Democratic candidate for president. – Kerry spokesman Glen Johnson told the Boston Globe Kerry will promptly pay the…
Porn filmed in Oregon State University library
The woman was cited for public indecency and released, according to Steve Clark, Oregon State vice president of university relations. She is not a current student but attended the school…
California’s Prison Population Is Finally Down, But Will It Last?
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan 29 (Reuters) – After years of controversy and legal trouble because of overcrowding in California’s mammoth prison system, the state’s inmate population dipped below the maximum level…
Texas GOP chairman sides with Rand Paul
READ: How Republicans wised up about 2016 Munisteri will resign his role with the state party on Friday to join Team Rand, a spokesman for Paul confirmed. The Wall Street…
Eric Frein pleads not guilty in state trooper’s death
The attorney, Michael Weinstein, attended the hearing in Milford, Pennsylvania, to enter the plea on behalf of his client, while co-counsel William Ruzzo was with Frein at the jailhouse. Weinstein…
Anti-Abortion Lawmaker Makes Argument For Abortion Rights
A Republican state legislator who generally opposes abortion said he is concerned about a controversial anti-abortion bill introduced by one of his colleagues because it would infringe on a woman’s…
States With Most Gun Deaths Have High Gun Ownership And Weak Gun Laws, Report Shows
It seems like a relatively obvious equation: The weaker the gun laws and the higher the rate of gun ownership in a given state, the more deaths from gun violence…