Ethanol-infused fuel can cause problems, but don’t expect it to disappear

It's a topic that generates a huge amount of feedback and interest, and we want to publish every credible point of view on the issue. First, if you think that the new administration has plans to get the alcohol out of your gas, think again.

Ivanka Trump and daughter go to the Supreme Court

The first daughter is there as an invited guest as Justice Anthony Kennedy, whom she met at the inaugural lunch at the Capitol last month just after her father's swearing-in ceremony. Supreme Court justices often host guests for arguments, and there is a gallery above the courtroom where visitors are able to observe the judicial branch in action.

The Latest: California at heaviest snowpack in 22 years

Authorities say inmates used "sharp objects" to take over a Delaware prison and hold three prison guards and a counselor hostage A former death row inmate at the Delaware prison where inmates took employees hostage says the prisoners were protesting what he called "inhumane" conditions at the facility Roaring storms that brought California almost a year's worth of snow and rain in a single month should make state water manager's Sierra snowpack survey Thursday a celebration, marking this winter's dramatic... California water managers say Sierra Nevada snow drifts are at a drought-busting 173 percent of average, with the most snow recorded since 1995 A group of Yemeni business owners plan to shut down their delis, grocery stores and bodegas around New York City in protest of President Donald Trump's travel ban on people hailing from seven Muslim-majority... Many Yemeni business owners ... (more)

California at heaviest snowpack in 22 years

Roaring storms that brought California almost a year's worth of snow and rain in a single month should make state water manager's Sierra snowpack survey Thursday a celebration, marking this winter's dramatic... California water managers say Sierra Nevada snow drifts are at a drought-busting 173 percent of average, with the most snow recorded since 1995 A group of Yemeni business owners plan to shut down their delis, grocery stores and bodegas around New York City in protest of President Donald Trump's travel ban on people hailing from seven Muslim-majority... Many Yemeni business owners have shut down their delis, grocery stores and bodegas around New York City in protest of President Donald Trump's travel ban Some Maine sixth-graders are pushing state lawmakers to pass a bill that would make it easier for residents to keep hedgehogs as pets Some Maine sixth-graders are pushing state ... (more)

GOP prescription of minority outreach forgotten with Trump

In this Aug. 1, 2016, file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event in Columbus, Ohio. On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration four years later, the authors of the Republican National Committee's 2013 "Growth and Opportunity Project" concede their report is little more than an afterthought.

Events to celebrate Martin Luther King Day in New Haven

The New Haven Museum will host storytelling and other activities as a part of the Yale Peabody Museum's 21st Annual "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice." The free event is from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The New Haven Museum is located at 170 Whitney Avenue.

Trump to Visit African American History Museum for King Holiday

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture in observance of Martin Luther King Day - following a Twitter storm slamming civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, who said that the Republican was not a "legitimate president." NEW: Donald Trump expected to visit National African American Museum in observance of Martin Luther King Day, transition sources tell @ABC .

Apple Phone Sales Beat Samsung’s

In the three months following September's launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, Apple's smartphone sales in the U.S. surpassed the sales of Samsung's top Android devices, according to a new report from the market research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. In fact, the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, along with the iPhone 6s, accounted for 31.3 percent of all smartphone sales at the start of the U.S. holiday shopping season, the report said.

Madigan outlines Democratic economic agenda

A newly re-elected House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday unveiled a series of proposals aimed at jump starting job growth in Illinois, the Democratic response to the economic agenda Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has pushed for two years as the sides remain deadlocked on a state budget. The plan represents a pivot in strategy for the longtime speaker, who has been facing pressure from members of his own caucus to develop a counter to the governor's plans beyond mere opposition.

Mass. Fiscal Alliance chair, Pepperell resident, weighing run for US Senate

Republican Rick Green, the wealthy owner of a Pepperell-based auto parts company and founder of the conservative non-profit Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, may challenge U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren for re-election in 2018, according to two sources with knowledge of his thinking. Green, who once came up two votes shy of becoming chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, is "thinking about it," according to a close associate, but feels no rush make a decision despite Warren sounding the starting gun last week when she formally declared her intention to seek a second term.

I Cannot believe what liberals are planning to do 5 days before the inauguration

On the Friday before Christmas, can you believe the Obama administration abstained from the UN Security Council vote that condemned Israel over "settlements?" We must once again reiterate that term is used to delegitimize Israel's right to build neighborhoods and communities for its people. How can it be that one single nation can be so vilified for its existence? And so, ol' Barry Soetoro, as part of his scorched earth policy, has unleashed the hounds of hell by assisting in the creation of UN Security Council Resolution 2334, and enabling it to pass.

Mad Minute stories for January 4, 2017

Seven-year-old Mackenzie Blankenship loves playing the Nintendo Wii U she got on Christmas Eve from her family, but it's not what she found inside the case on Christmas Day from Santa. Krista Greider, Mackenzie's mother says, "She opened the top and her face just kind of went and she looked and she goes, what is this? and I looked over her shoulder and I grabbed it, saw the picture on it and she was just 'why? what is that? why are they naked?" Greider says instead of the colorful, creative video game -- Mackenzie found Sensual Seductions 2 -- a pornographic film released in 2008.

Official: Charles Manson alive amid report he’s hospitalized

By The Associated Press Mariah Carey says she was "mortified" in "real time" during her disastrous live performance just before the ball dropped on ABC's "Dick Clark's Rockin' New... By The Associated Press Mariah Carey says she was "mortified" in "real time" during her disastrous live performance just before the ball dropped on ABC's "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's... Amid reports that Charles Manson has been taken from his California prison cell to a hospital, a state corrections official would confirm only that the 82-year-old killer and cult leader was still alive.