Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convenes hundreds in Iowa to try for access to November ballot
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a one-day blitz Saturday to gain access to Iowa's presidential ballot as an independent candidate. Whether he succeeded is an outstanding qu...
Apr 13, 2024
Will Biden be on the ballot in Ohio and Alabama? That's up to Republicans
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - President Joe Biden's reelection campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots, as once-munda...
Apr 12, 2024
Biden wins Wyoming's caucuses, with Democrats in Alaska still to get their say in the nomination
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - President Joe Biden nudged further ahead in the Democratic nomination for reelection by winning the party caucuses in Wyoming and was the only choice on the ballot later Saturday...
Apr 12, 2024
Trump goes after the judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial begins
SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Saturday lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before what he called ...
Apr 12, 2024
How a hush money scandal tied to a porn star led to Trump’s first criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) - It was the kind of tawdry tale that Donald Trump might have relished before politics: a porn actor claiming they had had sex. But on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Trump fe...
Apr 12, 2024
Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies at 93
NEW YORK (AP) - Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decad...
Apr 12, 2024
Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why
Former President Donald Trump turned to one of his favorite themes on Friday - the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections. House Speaker Mike Johnson came to the former president...
Apr 12, 2024
Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a "vague" bill...
Apr 12, 2024
Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor's role in filling US Senate vacancies
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies - a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scr...
Apr 12, 2024
Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring th...
Apr 12, 2024
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Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...