DENVER Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a long shot. The government still has many means to slow or stop the marijuana train. And President-elect Donald […]

To the millions of Californians who obtained health insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act, know this: Despite the election of Donald Trump, who has promised to repeal the health law, nothing is going to happen to your coverage immediately. In fact, open enrollment for Covered California plans continues through January 31 despite […]

Chris Cunningham was so thrilled with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, she readily accepted his invitation to an event celebrating its first anniversary in January. Gaining Medicaid ended her eight years without health coverage and paid for her treatment of a thyroid problem, her lung disease and prescription drugs […]

BATON ROUGE, La. Authorities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, says a man who fatally shot a woman and ran over two bystanders with his car before crashing into an ambulance died following a shootout with sheriff ’s deputies. Maj. Bryan White, chief of detectives for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff ’s Department, told The Advocate […]

PODGORICA, Montenegro Montenegrin lawmakers were set Monday to swear in a pro-NATO government amid political tensions following an alleged foiled election day coup orchestrated by Russian nationalists to derail the Balkan country’s bid to join the alliance. Prime Minister-designate Dusko Markovic pledged that his Cabinet would wrap up in 2017 the years-long process of Montenegro’s […]

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The main hospital treating trauma victims from the battle for Mosul is overflowing with civilian and military casualties, according to a doctor there. Dr. Marwan Ghafuri of the West Irbil Hospital, the main triage center for trauma cases from the Mosul battle, said his facility is admitting up to 150 new […]

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security and medical officials say at least 13 civilians have been killed by an airstrike by the Saudi-led military coalition in a western port city. The officials told The Associated Press on Monday that airstrikes hit two homes in rural areas northeast of Hodeida, which is under control of the […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says Taliban fighters have killed four border police in an ambush in the southern province of Zabul. Bismullah Afghanmal, the provincial governor of Zabul, said the police were ambushed while on a foot patrol in a mountainous area. He says several Taliban were also killed in Sunday’s clash, […]

HELSINKI (AP) — Denmark’s new center-right government, dubbed the “three-leaf clover” coalition, has taken office while still working to resolve disagreements over policy. After naming the 22- member Cabinet on Monday, Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said the center-right coalition “doesn’t agree on everything,” but that a three-party government was the strongest base to benefit […]

IMAMNAZAR STATION, Turkmenistan (AP) — The presidents of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on Monday officially opened a new railroad that will link the oil-rich former Soviet republic with Afghanistan. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and his Afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, put on white work mittens at the Imamnazar station on the Turkmen side of the border on […]