The myth of Trump’s angry legions
Trumpmania may be telling us a lot less about the dominant mood in the electorate at large than we think.
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Clerk's office defies order; no same-sex marriage licenses
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A clerk’s office turned away gay couples who sought marriage licenses on Thursday, defying a federal judge’s order that said deeply held Christian beliefs don’t excuse officials from following the law.
At least 50 dead as huge warehouse blasts hit Chinese port
Huge, fiery blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed at least 50 people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the Chinese port of Tianjin, raising questions Thursday about whether …
Riot-torn Ferguson, Missouri to remain in state of emergency: officials
The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, the site of a year of occasionally violent protests over the police killing of an unarmed black teen, will remain under a state of emergency for at least another night, county officials said on Wednesday. The state of emergency, which gives county police oversight of security in the city of 21,000 people, was declared following a shooting incident at a protest Sunday night
U.S. military's transgender care costs 'negligible,' study says
Transition care for transgender members of the U.S. military would cost around $5.6 million a year, “little more than a rounding error” as a share of total expenditure, according to new research published amid criticism of proposed funding. The sum amounts to just 22 cents per service member per month, said Aaron Belkin, an academic at San Francisco State University, adding that the military’s annual healthcare budget is currently $47.8
At least five dead in spate of shootings around Boston
As of Sunday, some 151 shootings had been reported in Boston this year, a 25 percent increase from the same period last year. Two other fatal shootings occurred in the neighboring cities, local police confirmed.
Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery
The former U.S. president announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.
Why is Bernie Sanders drawing huge crowds?
The enthusiastic audiences at his campaign stops are dwarfing the turnouts for Hillary Clinton.
One-on-one with U.S. ambassador to Chile
U.S. Ambassador to Chile Mike Hammer is a widely respected career diplomat who has worked for presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.