Military family surprises loved one coming home for Christmas
A military family says they've received the best Christmas gift. Their daughter is home now from training in the Air Force just in time for the holiday.
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Trump dines on world leaders’ dime, yet to reciprocate gesture
Donald Trump makes a toast during a state dinner hosted by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. But Trump has yet to reciprocate, making him the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the US with similar trappings.
AP Fact Check: Trump and making Christmas great again
Although Trump doesn't generally single him out by name on this subject, the president's meaning is unmistakable when he declares, as he has done since long before the holiday season, that's he making it OK to talk about Christmas again. Obama, it would seem, did not.
GOP tax plan makes these states a lot better for retirees
Now that the GOP tax bill sharply limits the deduction for state and local taxes, pre-retirees in high-tax states may ponder: Should I stay or should I go? President Donald Trump said the tax legislation he signed today will get a boost in popularity when Americans begin seeing their paychecks rise in February, and he said he thinks Democrats regret not supporting it. Now that the GOP tax bill sharply limits the deduction for state and local taxes, pre-retirees in high-tax states may ponder: Should I stay or should I go? The final version of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," which was released Friday, places a cap of $10,000 on the deduction filers can take for a combination of state and local income, sales and property taxes.
United apologizes to passenger who says U.S. representative took her seat
United Airlines has apologized and given a $500 travel voucher to a passenger who accused the airline of giving her first-class seat to U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat. An airline spokeswoman said Monday that its internal systems show the passenger, Jean-Marie Simon, canceled her Dec. 18 seat from Houston to Washington, D.C. after a weather delay.
It’s a Wonderful Life’ is a holiday classic. The FBI thought it was communist propaganda.
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Pardoned by Christie, woman pushes for change to US gun laws
In this Aug. 5 2014, file photo, attorney Evan Nappen, left, and his client Shaneen Allen, talk to media outside Atlantic County Criminal Court in Mays Landing, N.J., after a motion to dismiss the gun possession charges against her was denied. The handgun that Allen was carrying when she was pulled over on a New Jersey highway could have sent her to prison for years if not for a pardon from Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
Chopper crew hoists woman from ship, brings her to hospital
U.S. Coast Guard officials say a helicopter was used to hoist a woman from a cruise ship 100 miles off the Louisiana coast and bring her to the mainland for medical attention. The Coast Guard says it received a report from the cruise ship Vision of the Seas on Sunday that a 23-year-old woman was suffering from suspected internal bleeding from a prior incident.
Cities, volunteers clash over feeding homeless in public Source: AP
When Adele MacLean joined others in an Atlanta park to feed the hungry the Sunday before Thanksgiving, she left with a citation and a summons to appear in court. The case was dropped when she showed up in court earlier this month, but she and her lawyers say the citation for serving food without a permit was improper and demonstrates callousness toward the homeless.
Feds funding new facility for tribe in far northern Maine
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the money is going to the Aroostook Band of Micmacs. It will pay for the construction of a Presque Isle facility that will provide space for different tribal programs.
Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers
A handful of employees recently damaged that reputation by inappropriately meddling in investigations of some troopers' use of force.
Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017: No more handouts for General Dynamics,…
Health care reimbursement for rural hospitals throughout our nation is very complex and becoming more and more difficult each day because of the increased regulations and decreased funding by government agencies such as Medicare and Medicaid, which make-up approximately 65 percent of our volume here at Calais Regional Hospital. We continue to work with these agencies, commercial payers and other governmental agencies to improve our cash flow.
Buoyed by Alabama win, Democrats eye Tennessee Senate race
Democrats eager to take control of the Senate next year are turning to Tennessee, where a popular Democratic ex-governor is running for the seat being vacated by the retirement of Republican Sen. Bob Corker. Neither of Tennessee's top GOP candidates, Rep. Marsha Blackburn and former Rep. Stephen Fincher, has the kind of personal baggage that Senate candidate Roy Moore had in Alabama while denying sexual misconduct accusations.
Christmas Is About Poop
Sure the South Park guys gave us Mr. Hanky, but they must have been inspired by Catalonia. There are two poop-related Christmas traditions in Catalonia.
College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
The pair helped create an internet browser extension, "Open Mind," with... . In this Dec. 13, 2017, photo graduate students Michael Lopez-Brau, back, and Stefan Uddenberg show off the internet browser extension "Open Mind," at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.
Trump’s Christmas: More lies, exaggerations
Although Trump doesn't generally single him out by name on this subject, the president's meaning is unmistakable when he declares, as he has done since long before the holiday season, that's he making it OK to talk about Christmas again. Obama, it would seem, did not.
Does Cooper favor higher taxes?
It's a fair question to ask given what Charlie Perusse, the governor's budget director, said at a recent press briefing. While explaining that the Cooper administration will likely propose vastly more spending next year than the state will receive in revenue, Perusse complained that all the tax changes enacted by the Republican-led legislature over the years will result in $3 billion less revenue during the 2018-19 fiscal year than what would have been in the case under a straight-line extrapolation of the fiscal policies of the last Democratic governor Perusse worked for, Bev Perdue.
Julian Assange’s Twitter account disappears
The handle, @JulianAssange , went down late Sunday evening, before the start of Christmas. A search pulls up only "does not exist" page.
Ap Fact Check: Trump on making Christmas great again
Although Trump doesn't generally single him out by name on this subject, the president's meaning is unmistakable when he declares, as he has done since long before the holiday season, that's he making it OK to talk about Christmas again. Obama, it would seem, did not.
Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Changes for AeroVironment
They now have a $50.00 price target on the stock. They wrote, "We recently spent a day on the road with management of AeroVironment .