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New York judge blocks retail marijuana licensing, a major blow to state's fledgling program

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York judge blocked the state's retail marijuana licensing program on Friday, dealing a devastating blow to the fledgling marketplace after a group of...

August 19, 2023 Business

At Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan and South Korea toward greater unity in complicated Pacific

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden aims to further tighten security and economic ties between Japan and South Korea, two nations that have struggled to stay on speaking te...

August 19, 2023 National News

Republicans gather in city where Trump was indicted but mention former president gingerly, if at all

ATLANTA — For much of the Republican presidential field, Donald Trump is the candidate who must not be named — or at least not criticized too harshly. Multiple GOP White ...

August 19, 2023 National News

Powerful Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico’s Baja

MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Hilary churned off Mexico's Pacific coast Friday as a powerful Category 4 storm threatening to unleash torrential rains on the mudslide-prone bord...

August 19, 2023 National News

James Buckley, conservative ex-senator and brother of late writer William F. Buckley, dies at 100

WASHINGTON — Former New York Sen. James Buckley, an early agitator for then-President Richard Nixon's resignation and winner of a landmark lawsuit challenging campaign sp...

August 19, 2023 National News

Trump lawyers seek April 2026 trial date in federal election subversion case

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal judge Thursday to put off until 2026 a trial in Washington on charges that the former president plotted to overturn ...

August 18, 2023 National News

Hilary grows into major hurricane in Pacific off Mexico and could bring heavy rain to US Southwest

MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Hilary strengthened into a major storm Thursday evening off Mexico’s Pacific coast, and it could bring heavy rain to the southwestern U.S. by the ...

August 18, 2023 National News

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbs to 7.09% this week to highest level in more than 20 years

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years, grim news for would-be homebuyers already challenged by a housing m...

August 18, 2023 Business

Ada Deer, influential Native American leader from Wisconsin, dies at 88

MADISON, Wis. — Ada Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has died at age 88. Deer passed away...

August 18, 2023 National News

Biden pays respects to former Pennsylvania first lady Ellen Casey, who died last week in Scranton

SCRANTON — President Joe Biden traveled to Pennsylvania on Thursday to privately pay his respects to the mother of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who died last week in Biden's home...

August 18, 2023 Pennsylvania News

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