POCANTICO HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Setting aside for a few hours the pressures of trying to calm the world's trouble spots, President Barack Obama assumed the role of spectator for something more joyous: the wedding of the first family's longtime chef and f
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Gary Locke's low-key style made him popular among ordinary Chinese, despite US-China spats. He leaves next month so his kids can start high school in Seattle.
Continue reading >>BOSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has been honored with a Kennedy "courage" award for agreeing during his presidential term to raise taxes to confront a spiraling deficit. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston
Continue reading >>The express F train was bound for Manhattan and Brooklyn when it derailed at 10:40 a.m. about 1,200 feet (365 meters) south of the 65th Street station, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. NEW YORK (AP) — A subway train carrying
Continue reading >>Vermont is poised to become the first state to require the labeling of genetically modified organisms in food products. Governor Peter Shumlin said he would sign the pro-GMO-labeling bill as early as this week. The new law would take effect in July 2016
Continue reading >>NEW YORK (AP) — Issuing about the strongest rebuke that he could, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life Tuesday for making racist comments in a recorded conversation, the first step toward forcing a sa
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