Smart Wellness
HELSINKI (AP) — After the smartphone and fitness bracelet, here comes the smart ring. And the smart pacifier, and smart rollator. “Wellness” computers that monitor…
November 2015
U.S. Navy Gets Okay for Ocean Exercises
SEATTLE (AP) — The National Marine Fisheries Service said Thursday it has authorized the U.S. Navy’s proposal to expand sonar testing and other warfare training…
U.S. Resists Climate Change Accord
PARIS (AP) — France’s leadership is bristling at U.S. resistance to making a global climate accord under negotiation in Paris next month legally binding. French…
Paris Climate Talks Irritated by U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the elephant in the negotiating room that few officials want to acknowledge: Whatever international deal comes out of Paris climate talks,…
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Rep., Retiring
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis announced Thursday she will not seek re-election and former Vice President Dick Cheney’s elder daughter, Liz Cheney,…
Carson Claims He can Secure Mexico-American Border
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Thursday that the U.S.-Mexico border can be secured in one year and promised to finish a…
Top Military Aide Suddenly Removed From His Job
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter suddenly fired his top military aide Thursday citing allegations of misconduct, and referred the matter to the department’s…
Trump Claims Carson has “Pathological Temper”
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in an interview Thursday that rival Ben Carson has a “pathological temper” that can’t…
Residents Have Mixed Feelings on Proposed Smoking Ban in Public Housing
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government’s proposal Thursday to ban smoking inside and out of public housing nationwide got a decidedly mixed reaction from…
Asylum Under Threat for Croatians
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — The European Union pressed African leaders on Wednesday to take back thousands of people who do not qualify for asylum, as…
