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Naming airport soon after Clintons doesn’t fly with GOP lawmaker

February 26, 2017

With his party now holding all of the levers of power in Arkansas politics, a Republican state lawmaker is pushing to remove...

Gov. John Kasich and Rep. Jim Jordan duel on TV over Obamacare repeal

February 26, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Champaign County GOP Rep. Jim Jordan dueled over Obamacare repeal in...

After years of trying to ban cellphones, many schools are now trying to make...

February 26, 2017

Researchers and educators agree that cellphones have become fixtures in Canadian classrooms, but opinion remains divided on how best to address their presence.All agree...

Mississauga man travels to Turkey, will try to get aid to besieged family in...

February 26, 2017

A Canadian man whose family is trapped in a militant-controlled area in the Libyan city of Benghazi has travelled to Turkey in effort to...

Feds probe school to see if de Blasio re-opened it as ‘favor’

February 26, 2017

Federal prosecutors are examining whether Mayor de Blasio reopened a religious girls’ school in Brooklyn closed for safety violations as a favor to a...

Warren Buffett sticks to business, avoids politics in letter

February 26, 2017

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett reiterated his rosy lengthy-term outlook for the U.S. economy and his distaste for higher Wall Street fees in...

Constable: Local Trumps cope with name’s baggage

February 26, 2017

By Burt Constablebconstable@dailyherald.comWhen Jane Kenehan married in 1970 and took her husband's unusual last name, she often had to spell it for people: T-R-U-M-P....

Transgender boy wins girls state wrestling title amid controversy | Toronto Star

February 25, 2017

CYPRESS, TEXAS—A 17-year-old transgender boy completed an undefeated season Saturday by winning a Texas state girls wrestling title made controversial by criticism from those...