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A place in history for gay, transgender Americans

Courier Newsroom - June 1, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — The announcement Friday that the National Park Service will begin installing markers at places of importance to the history of...

Health

Big insurance rate hikes in the future?

Courier Newsroom - May 27, 2014

The wild hikes in health insurance rates that blindsided many Americans in recent years may become less frequent because of the health care overhaul. Final...

Youth

17-year-old student tops sitting W.Va. lawmaker

Courier Newsroom - May 17, 2014

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A week before her high school graduation, Saira Blair was barely old enough to vote when she unseated a West...

Opinion/Forum

Conyers’ Legacy Vs. Revisionists

Courier Newsroom - May 15, 2014

Let me be clear. I will not join the “Bashing Congressman John Conyers” bandwagon. But I welcome the debate to separate fact from fiction...

National News

Presidential checklist: jockeying for position

Courier Newsroom - May 13, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the latest prep work for a presidential campaign, Rand Paul is conspicuously courting moderate and establishment Republicans while Ted Cruz...

National News

Obama's HHS nominee wins GOP praise

Courier Newsroom - May 8, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) --President Barack Obama's nominee for health secretary is winning GOP praise as she makes her first appearance before a Senate committee. Sylvia Mathews...

Health

Schools seek changes to healthier lunch rules

Courier Newsroom - May 5, 2014

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Becky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, they...

National News

Obama troubled by botched Oklahoma execution

Courier Newsroom - May 4, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday called the botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate "deeply troubling" and announced that he's going to...

National News