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Opinion

AAA advises how to avoid problems with Thanksgiving travel

Editorials

Planning to hit the highways for Thanksgiving? If so, you won’t be alone. AAA expects record-breaking travel numbers this Thanksgiving —an estimated 71.7 million Americans. Which means likely more motorists stuck on the roadside as well. AAA estimates more than 570,000 will have some ...

Trump chooses loyalist Bondi for AG after Gaetz withdraws

Columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Justice Department, turning to a longtime ally after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name from consideration amid scrutiny over sex trafficking ...

Putin touts Russia’s new missile, delivers a warning to NATO

Columns

The new ballistic missile fired by Russia struck a military-industrial facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, but its real mission was delivering a deadly new message to NATO. Hours after Thursday's strike touched off a debate over whether the Ukrainian plant was hit by an ...

Destructive environmentalists

Columns

People eagerly give money to rich environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council has $463 million in assets. It claims it uses law “to confront the climate crisis.” What it really does is pay lawyers to torture people who try to do useful things. Example: America needs ...

US towns plunge into fluoride debates

Columns

NEW YORK (AP) — For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York City. But in September, the town’s supervisor used his emergency powers to stop the practice. The reason? A recent ...

Top war-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others

Columns

THE HAGUE (AP) — The world's top war-crimes court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas' military chief, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with the 13-month war in Gaza. The warrants said ...