When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, Republicans will have the opportunity to pull off something they have wanted to do for years — overhaul Medicaid, the program that provides health care to tens of millions of lower-income and ...
Read More »Race to save rare breed of pig hinges on eating them
Susan Frank and her dogs spend their days shepherding hairy, black pigs with names like Bacon, Pork Chop and Yummy around a chunk of Maine woods. Her farm, which raises and fattens the rare American mulefoot hogs for slaughter, is ...
Read More »Avoid pitfalls as retirement distribution deadline nears
The IRS defers taxes on many retirement accounts. But at a certain point, the agency wants to start collecting its due. The way it does so can feel like an abrupt change, especially if you’ve spent decades considering those accounts ...
Read More »US senators: Russia should be sanctioned for election hacks
U.S. senators visiting eastern European allies to discuss security issues called for sanctions against Russia for interfering in the presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. Their demands came amid ongoing discussions among U.S. officials on an ...
Read More »Obama expands environmental legacy with 2 Western monuments
President Barack Obama expanded his environmental legacy in the final days of his presidency with national monument designations on lands in Utah and Nevada that have become flashpoints over use of public land in the U.S. West. The Bears Ears ...
Read More »Study: Fringe, mainstream news sites differ in ad technology
The contrast between mainstream and fringe news sites isn’t just about content. A web analytics firm has found clear differences in their underlying advertising technology. While the content on fringe news sites may be out of the mainstream — from ...
Read More »New Jersey makes case to Supreme Court on sports betting
New Jersey’s chances of getting the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its attempt to allow legal sports gambling hinge on how a bedrock constitutional principle is applied. The state argued in briefs this week that Congress is barred from forcing ...
Read More »Brother of JonBenet Ramsey sues CBS for $750M over series
The older brother of JonBenet Ramsey is suing CBS and others for $750 million, saying his reputation was ruined after a television series that concluded he killed his 6-year-old sister two decades ago. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, Burke Ramsey ...
Read More »NYC 24/7: Sleepless businesses meet a need in the night
Wake up New York, there’s a whole hidden city out there in the middle of the night, at your service. Even in an era when you can order just about anything you want by smartphone at 4 a.m., there are ...
Read More »Green energy producers hopeful despite Trump’s coal promise
Swaths of virgin desert in the U.S. West in recent years have transformed into solar farms, a trend green energy supporters predict will persist even with the election of a president who is making fossil fuel-friendly Cabinet appointments and promises ...
Read More »Reality TV show to follow police detectives in St. Louis
A reality television series about homicide detectives is bringing its cameras to St. Louis. The crew from A&E Network’s “The First 48” is scheduled to begin taping in the city in mid-January, with the first episode expected to air six ...
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