Feb 11 WATCH: Joe Biden speaks after New Hampshire primary By Associated Press Looking past New Hampshire, Joe Biden is telling voters not to count him out because minority voters haven't yet weighed in on the race. Continue reading
Feb 11 WATCH: Warren says campaign just getting started after New Hampshire primary By Associated Press Warren said that both Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg had “strong nights” and congratulated her “friend and colleague” Amy Klobuchar for how wrong political pundits are “when they count us out.”… Continue reading
Feb 11 WATCH: Bennet ends 2020 Democratic presidential bid By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The Colorado senator had pinned his campaign's hopes on New Hampshire. Continue reading
Feb 11 Teachers unions ask schools to rethink shooting drills By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students' mental health and that there are better ways to prepare for the possibility of a school shooting. Continue reading
Feb 11 Africa shouldn’t need to beg for climate aid, says bank president By Elias Meseret, Associated Press Parts of Africa are warming at a faster pace than elsewhere, and climate experts have said warming Indian Ocean waters have contributed to more powerful cyclones and the worst locust outbreak in decades in East Africa. Continue reading
Feb 11 What New Hampshire voters want to hear about opioids from 2020 Democrats By Amanda Latimore, The Conversation America’s opioid crisis has hit New Hampshire hard, creating an epidemic of overdoses and addiction-related health issues in the early primary state. Continue reading
Feb 11 Bloomberg criticized for 2015 comments on targeting minorities By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Mike Bloomberg is under fire for resurfaced comments in which he says the way to bring down murder rates is to "put a lot of cops" in minority neighborhoods because that's where "all the crime is."… Continue reading
Feb 11 Oil from federal lands tops 1 billion barrels as Trump eases industry rules By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Oil production from federally-managed lands and waters topped a record 1 billion barrels last year, federal officials said Tuesday, as technological advances helped drive development in new areas and the Trump administration eases rules on the industry. Continue reading
Feb 10 WATCH: Trump holds New Hampshire rally on primary eve By Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Trump, on a high after his acquittal last week on impeachment charges, launched an assault on the Democrats who tried to remove him from office, calling the episode a "pathetic partisan crusade."… Continue reading
Feb 10 Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture first look at sun’s poles By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter has rocketed away on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's poles. Continue reading