Bernie Sanders is leaving open the possibility of another presidential bid, saying in a Thursday interview that he wants to focus on helping the party rebuild its base after Donald Trump’s victory. “Four years is a long time from now,” ...
Read More »Starbucks turns to customers for annual holiday cup designs
Instead of looking to its creative team, Starbucks turned to its latte-sipping customers to design its latest holiday red cups. The company asked people to post their designs on Instagram last December, and 1,200 ideas came in from customers who’ve ...
Read More »Trump has a Supreme Court vacancy to fill
Donald Trump will enter the Oval Office with the ability to re-establish the Supreme Court’s conservative tilt and the chance to cement it for the long term. Trump is expected to act quickly to fill one court vacancy and could ...
Read More »Trump University lawsuit heads toward Nov. 28 trial
Donald Trump is scheduled to go on trial this month in a class-action lawsuit against him and his now-defunct Trump University, potentially taking the witness stand weeks before his inauguration as president of the United States. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo ...
Read More »Effect of voting laws seen, but not enough to sway outcome
Fourteen states had new voting or registration restrictions in place for the 2016 presidential election, raising concerns that minority voters in particular would have a harder time accessing the ballot box. Voting experts believe the laws had some effect on ...
Read More »Researchers work to spread prized genes of Yellowstone bison
Researchers have transplanted embryos originating from the bison herd at Yellowstone National Park into female bison in Minnesota in hopes of increasing the genetic diversity of herds in the state and helping to restore America’s official mammal to the landscape. ...
Read More »Robots organize your photos, so you can procrastinate
If you’re like many people, you have thousands of photos on your phone, long forgotten after you’ve posted a few on Instagram or Facebook. They don’t have to stay forgotten. Apple and Google are both applying a form of artificial ...
Read More »Targeted Kansas justices retained; GOP lawmakers ousted
Kansas voters have blocked conservatives from giving Republican Gov. Sam Brownback a chance to remake the Kansas Supreme Court and ousted some of his allies from the Legislature, in a backlash over the state’s budget problems. Five of the Supreme ...
Read More »Trump owes the US a border wall, tax cuts and more
It all starts with the wall. Donald Trump’s vow to build a wall along the border with Mexico, to make Mexico pay for it and to achieve iron-fisted control over illegal immigration stands as his leading promise, one that rang ...
Read More »Acquittal of 7 occupiers poses questions on fate of 7 more
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Oregon has taken a beating since a jury acquitted seven defendants of conspiracy and weapons charges in an armed takeover at a federal wildlife refuge — and government prosecutors still have a long road ahead. ...
Read More »New York heir Durst pleads not guilty to murder in LA court
Wearing a neck brace and seated in a wheelchair, looking pale and frail, real estate heir and documentary star Robert Durst pleaded not guilty to murder, more than a year and a half after a live microphone recorded him muttering, ...
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