By KERRY LESTER and TAMMY WEBBER (CHICAGO, AP) — Temperatures not seen in years are likely to set records in the coming days across the Midwest, Northeast and South, creating… Read more »
Category: National News
Selling social media clicks becomes big business
By MARTHA MENDOZA (SAN JOSE, Calif., AP) — Celebrities, businesses and even the U.S. State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from offshore “click farms,”… Read more »
Obama calls for restoring unemployment benefits
(HONOLULU, AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Congress to reinstate jobless benefits for more than a million Americans. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the unemployment… Read more »
‘Polar vortex’ to blast frigid air over much of US
By CARSON WALKER (SIOUX FALLS, S.D., AP) — Winter is normally cold, but tundra-like temperatures are soon poised to deliver a rare and potentially dangerous sledgehammer blow to much of… Read more »
NC politician writes resignation letter in Klingon
(INDIAN TRAIL, N.C., AP) — Call it a politician boldly going where no one has gone before. On Thursday, David Waddell used the Klingon language to write his letter of… Read more »
Health overhaul benefits take effect with new year
By JULIET WILLIAMS (SACRAMENTO, Calif., AP) — After a troubled rollout, President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul now faces its most personal test: How will it work as people seek… Read more »
Justice delays health law’s birth control mandate
By JESSE J. HOLLAND (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Supreme Court has thrown a hitch into President Barack Obama’s new health care law by blocking a requirement that some religion-affiliated organizations… Read more »
Legal recreational pot industry opens in Colorado
By KRISTEN WYATT (DENVER, AP) — The nation’s first recreational pot industry opened in Colorado on Wednesday, kicking off an experiment that will be watched closely around the world and… Read more »
Friday hearing set on horse slaughter
(SANTA FE, N.M., AP) — A Friday court hearing is set on the latest effort to stop a Roswell plant from resuming domestic horse slaughter. State District Judge Matthew Wilson… Read more »
Federal health care sign-ups pass 1 million mark
By JOSH LEDERMAN and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR (HONOLULU, AP) — The Obama administration says its rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the… Read more »