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Medical marijuana bill clears Alabama Senate committee

1 of 2Cristi Cain speaks to reporters after appearing at a hearing where Alabama lawmakers granted initial approval to a...
19:31 19 February 2022

Bestselling young adult authors are aiming at older readers

NEW YORK (AP) — After gaining millions of young readers for her “Divergent” fantasy series, Veronica Roth decided she an...
19:30 19 February 2022

Steyer cites ‘racist’ Bloomberg tactics in Super Tuesday ad

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In a billionaire-to-billionaire media matchup, Tom Steyer is taking on Mike Bloomberg in a multimi...
19:21 19 February 2022

Finally let off cruise, passengers desperate for flight home

BANGKOK (AP) — The cheers of celebration have faded. The waving of roses has ceased. Having finally reached a friendly p...
19:17 19 February 2022

France steps up investigation around Ghosn, Omani dealership

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are turning up the heat on disgraced car industry executive Carlos Ghosn, opening a judi...
19:12 19 February 2022

Turn music down, library guard asked. Then she was stabbed.

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A man stabbed a library security guard to death after she told him to turn his music down, au...
18:44 19 February 2022

Lawyer: Assange was offered US pardon if he cleared Russia

LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Julian Assange said Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder plans to claim during his extraditio...
18:32 19 February 2022

Super PACs aid Warren, Klobuchar whether they like it or not

CHICAGO (AP) — Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar are getting help for their presidential bids from separate s...
18:22 19 February 2022

Duke and Duchess of Sussex to begin new life on March 31

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are breaking free of the royal family starting March 31, the ...
18:01 19 February 2022

North Dakota regulators OK expanded Dakota Access pipeline

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators on Wednesday unanimously approved expanded capacity for the Dakota Access ...
17:08 19 February 2022

Breast cancer survivors create own products to help others

NEW YORK (AP) — Women fighting breast cancer are increasingly seeing more options for bras as well as clean beauty treat...
16:02 19 February 2022

UK employers fear worker shortages in new immigration plan

LONDON (AP) — Vegetables rotting in the fields, food going unprocessed, the elderly and disabled left without care. That...
15:46 19 February 2022

Understanding Weinstein’s charges and potential punishment

NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the charges against Harvey Weinstein, 67, and the punishment the once-revered Hollywood titan ...
15:04 19 February 2022

US wholesale prices up 0.5% in January, most since late 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices climbed last month at fastest pace since October 2018 as higher prices for servic...
14:04 19 February 2022

House impeachment manager from Texas endorses Joe Biden

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is looking ahead to the critical Super Tuesday primary slate with a new endo...
13:30 19 February 2022

UK patient plays violin during unusual brain surgery

LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin dur...
12:16 19 February 2022

Edmunds: What is the best size truck for your lifestyle?

Today, people use their trucks for everything from taking the kids to school to hauling concrete. Notably, 78% of full-s...
11:52 19 February 2022

Dutch farmers protest in The Hague against emissions policy

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Angry Dutch farmers converged on The Hague on Wednesday in the latest protest against the ...
11:03 19 February 2022

Ex-Gov. Blagojevich returns to Chicago, maintains innocence

CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich returned home to Chicago early Wednesday, shaking hands and signing autographs after Pres...
10:58 19 February 2022

UK inflation jumps higher, reducing likelihood of rate cut

LONDON (AP) — Consumer price inflation in Britain jumped higher in January, official figures showed Wednesday, undermini...
10:36 19 February 2022

Pompeo says South Africa land seizures would be ‘disastrous’

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday asserted that South Africa’s plan to allow expropriatio...
9:41 19 February 2022

Brexit pushes growing number of businesses to Netherlands

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ongoing uncertainty about the effects of Brexit is pushing an increasing number of foreign...
9:30 19 February 2022

Devices found in missiles, Yemen drones link Iran to attacks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil in...
8:51 19 February 2022

China’s virus center vows no patient unchecked as cases fall

BEIJING (AP) — Protective suit-clad inspectors in the epicenter of China’s viral outbreak went door-to-door Wednesday to...
8:28 19 February 2022

In the spirit of Whitney: Houston Hologram tour set to begin

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a hol...
8:20 19 February 2022

China revokes 3 Wall Street Journal reporters’ credentials

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday said it has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for the U.S. newspaper Wa...
8:17 19 February 2022

Asian shares mostly rise despite continuing virus fears

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street and continuing fears about an o...
4:46 19 February 2022

Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite protest

JERUSALEM (AP) — Despite objections from sexual abuse activists, the Israeli Opera will host a weeklong singing competit...
4:26 19 February 2022

The Latest: Klobuchar revisits flub about Mexico’s leader

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):7:35 p.m.Amy Klobuchar is trying to make...
3:36 19 February 2022

‘Good Times’ Ja’Net DuBois dies; co-wrote ‘Jeffersons’ theme

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang ...
3:03 19 February 2022