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By ALBERT STUDY Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] As peak summer approaches in Sicily, Anna Fiannaca prefers the peppers, eggplants and zucchini her brothers grow over the packaged food in the supermarket. The 89-year-old cooks everything from scratch and eats mostly vegetarian. But she attributes much of her continued good health to adjusting […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” was restored to the November election ballot Tuesday by a state appeals court. The court decision clears the way for a statewide referendum this fall on an amendment […]

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has more than 700,000 medical marijuana patients and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is battling a proposal to allow recreational use of marijuana — wants them all to know what a great job he’s doing. The Department of Health […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he wants to restrict students’ usage of smartphones during the school day, citing the mental health risks of social media. The announcement, which was first reported by Politico comes a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy […]

By BEN FINLEY Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Virginia’s attorney general has dropped a case against a former school superintendent who was accused of firing a teacher because she spoke out about a student inappropriately touching her. The former teacher, Erin Brooks, wanted to put the matter behind her and recently resolved a […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather upending months of meticulous planning for a massive outdoor event with crowds sprawling down the National Mall. “The weather forecast for Washington […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ronald Reagan probably didn’t realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as president. He did that for George H.W. Bush, his successor and vice president of eight years. Bush did the same for […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BOSTON (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts plans to convene a statewide graduation requirement council after voters in November decided to ditch the state’s standardized tests as a high school graduation requirement. Democratic Gov. Maura Healey announced the creation of the council in her state of the Commonwealth […]

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into barriers protecting the White House was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for an attack that prosecutors said was inspired by his fascination with Nazi ideology, court records show. Sai Varshith Kandula […]

By HILLEL ITALY Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW YORK (AP) — Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports Tuesday that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. “No, it is false,” she wrote Tuesday in response to an emailed query from The Associated Press. Noam Chomsky, 95, had been […]