March 2018
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My husband loaned a “dear friend” some money a year ago. She has yet to pay back a penny. When I ask him about it, he gets mad and tells me it’s none of my business. I have hinted to her about some large bills that we have to pay, to no avail. […]
Pierre A. Tougas
Pierre A. Tougas, 82, of Naples, FL, passed away after a long illness on Friday, February 23, 2018. He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Rebecca J. Tougas of Naples; his children, John Tougas, Sarah Sandak; two sisters, Suzanne Baker and Cecile Nix, and three grandchildren, Kai, Taiyo and Adam. Pete was […]
Major storm to bring feet of snow to Calif. mountains
SAN FRANCISCO Motorists were warned to stay off Northern California mountain roads as a major winter storm was expected to bring heavy snowfall, powerful winds and torrential rains at lower elevations today. Meanwhile, predictions of widespread showers across the southern end of the state raised concern about flash flooding near wildfire burn scars later in […]
AP-NORC Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe Trump a racist
WASHINGTON Large numbers of Americans say they think President Donald Trump’s policies have made things worse for African-Americans, Hispanics and Muslims. And more than half say the president himself is a racist. A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 57 percent of Americans think Trump’s policies have been […]
Putin boasts of new Russian nuclear weapons
MOSCOW Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can’t be intercepted, President Vladimir Putin announced today, marking a technological breakthrough that could dramatically increase Russia’s military capability, boost the Kremlin’s global position and also raise Western concerns about a potential renewed arms race in the 21st century. Speaking in a state-of-the-nation […]
Alaska peak weighs new rules for dumping of human waste
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Climbers on North America’s tallest mountain may have to start packing out more of their poop after a researcher determined a glacier in which much of it has been dumped over the past decade probably is not decomposing the human waste. Michael Loso, a glacier geologist, calculates that 36,000 climbers between 1951 and […]
Parkland high school reopens after shooting
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students and teachers hugged and cried Wednesday as they returned under heavy police guard to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High for the first time since a teenager with an assault rifle killed 17 people and thrust the huge Florida school into the center of a renewed national gun debate. The half-day began […]
Trump says some lawmakers too fearful of NRA to take action
WASHINGTON Putting fellow Republicans in the hot seat, President Donald Trump called for speedy and substantial changes to the nation’s gun laws, then criticized lawmakers in a White House meeting for being too fearful of the National Rifle Association to take action. In a freewheeling, televised session that stretched for an hour Wednesday, Trump rejected […]