Jun 20 Hawaii becomes first state to raise legal smoking age to 21 By Cathy Zhao Gov. David Ige of Hawaii signed into law Friday a bill that raises the age at which people in Hawaii can legally purchase, smoke or possess cigarettes and electronic cigarettes… Continue reading
Jun 20 Sanders gaining against Clinton in early polls By Ken Thomas, Associated Press In a race for the Democratic presidential nomination with Hillary Rodham Clinton, the blunt talk about the economy and the gap between the rich and poor is working for Bernie Sanders. Continue reading
Jun 20 Upcoming U.S.-China talks may be strained by recent cyber attack By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Tensions between the U.S. and China are growing over its island-building in the South China Sea and over suspicions that Beijing was behind a massive hack into a federal government server that resulted in the theft of personnel and security… Continue reading
Jun 20 Clinton: Congress should pass ‘common sense’ gun control legislation By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for "common sense" gun control legislation and decrying "institutional racism" just days after a violent shooting in a historic South Carolina church that killed nine of its black members. Continue reading
Jun 20 Website emerges with photos of accused Charleston shooter, manifesto By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Elisabeth Ponsot A white supremacist website containing an unsigned manifesto as well as photographs of accused Charleston gunman Dylann Roof surfaced across social media on Saturday. Continue reading
Jun 20 Study: Health care law repeal could increase budget deficit By Andrew Taylor, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A nonpartisan government study says repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health care law would modestly increase the budget deficit and the number of uninsured Americans would rise by more than 20 million. Continue reading
Jun 20 Congress unlikely to budge on guns following Charleston massacre By Alan Fram, Associated Press This week's slaughter of nine people in a South Carolina church left prospects that Congress will curb guns right where they've been for years - remote for now, according to lawmakers and activists on both sides of the issue. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 11:56 Shields & Brooks on church shooting, Pope’s environmentalism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 19 GOP contenders condemn SC shooting as attack on faith By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Republican presidential contenders on Friday condemned the deadly shootings in South Carolina as an attack on faith, offering deeply personal responses to the murders but no suggestion that they see gun control as part of the answer. Continue reading
Jun 19 EPA proposes tougher mileage standards for trucks By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is issuing new rules intended to improve fuel efficiency for medium and heavy-duty trucks and cut pollution blamed for global warming. Continue reading