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Associated PressSeptember 9, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is asking CNN to donate to veterans the proceeds from advertising sold to air during next week’s Republican debate. In a Tuesday letter to the cable news network, the billionaire says he is the reason the network sharply increased its rates ahead of the Sept. 16 debate in Simi Valley, […]

Associated PressSeptember 8, 2015

It took three interviews and five days for Hillary Rodham Clinton to say “I’m sorry.” After resisting apologizing for using a personal email account run on a private server to conduct government business as secretary of state, Clinton shifted course Tuesday. “That was a mistake,” she said of her email practice. “I’m sorry about that. […]

Associated PressSeptember 8, 2015

The Florida Supreme Court is rejecting a proposed punishment for a Broward County circuit judge who was charged after hitting a parked deputy sheriff’s car outside the county courthouse. Judge Lynn Rosenthal had agreed to a 90-day suspension without pay that was proposed by investigators. But the Supreme Court on Tuesday said a full hearing […]

Associated PressSeptember 8, 2015

The dog days of summer are over for the Democratic presidential candidates. In just five months, voters will begin to get their say in the 2016 race. And on this Labor Day weekend, the White House hopefuls are descending on Iowa for town hall-style meetings, union picnics and chicken cookouts. The burst of activity marks […]

Associated PressSeptember 8, 2015

It was a chaotic summer for the unruly pack of 17 major Republican presidential contenders. Surges and slides. Millions of dollars raised and spent. Policy debates, insults hurled. Labor Day marks a new phase in the campaign, when voters traditionally start paying closer attention and the candidates sharpen their strategies. With Iowa voters set to […]

Associated PressSeptember 8, 2015

A new but controversial study asks if an end is coming to the busy Atlantic hurricane seasons of recent decades. The Atlantic looks like it is entering in to a new quieter cycle of storm activity, like in the 1970s and 1980s, two prominent hurricane researchers wrote Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience. Scientists at […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2015

Before attending a town hall meeting Monday night in South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio — without television cameras or any other media in tow — visited the Charleston church where nine African-American worshippers were shot to death earlier this year. Republican Sen. Tim Scott disclosed the Florida senator’s trip before an audience of […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Monday is returning to campaign in South Carolina. He last visited Aug. 28 when he delivered a speech outlining his policy toward China. The Florida senator will attend an early evening Labor Day town hall meeting hosted by Republican Sen. Tim Scott at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she does not need to apologize for using a private email account and server while at the State Department because “what I did was allowed.” In an interview with The Associated Press during a Labor Day campaign swing through Iowa, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination also said the […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2015

The towering grove of century-old longleaf pines surrounding Roger Ward‘s family home is a rare site in this verdant swath of north-central Florida — most pines here are cut and processed for profit as soon as their 15-to-18-year growth cycle is complete. The demand for timber worldwide is booming and this remote section of Florida, […]

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Donald Trump asks CNN to give debate advertising sales to veterans

Analysis: An apology at last for Hillary Clinton over her email use

Supreme Court rejects proposed punishment for judge

What to watch for in the Democratic 2016 race this fall

What to watch for in the Republican 2016 race this fall

Study: Are we shifting to fewer, weaker Atlantic hurricanes?

Marco Rubio visits Charleston church where 9 worshippers killed

Marco Rubio brings campaign back to South Carolina on Labor Day

Hillary Clinton says no email apology: ‘What I did was allowed’

Timber business booming throughout northeast Florida