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Grandparents Taking More Parental Roles With Grandchildren
CHICAGO (AP) — More grandparents are taking on the role of parents for their grandkids, as social service agencies try to place foster children in so-called kinship families.
Experts say the trend is likely to continue as the nation responds to the opiate epidemic...
Ted Cruz’s Knowledge Of Supreme Court Now A Focal Point In His Presidential Run
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Ted Cruz has always talked about the Supreme Court as a candidate for president, but it's become the new focal point of his White House bid following the weekend death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
The Texas senator has recast his stump speech to highlight the importance of appointing what he called the right kind of justices to the Supreme Court...
The Candidates Are Bringing Back Up Support To South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016.
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Former South Carolina first lady Iris Campbell is endorsing Republican Jeb Bush for president, further cementing a long-standing relationship between the two families...
Tensions Rise Between Ted Cruz and The Bush Family
By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Ted Cruz once proudly wore a belt buckle borrowed from George H.W. Bush that said: "President of the United States."
He campaigned and worked for that former president's son, Dubya, former President George W...
3 Year Old Girl Survives Fall From Moving Vehicle
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — East Texas police say a 3-year-old girl has survived falling from the hood of a moving vehicle as authorities try to determine if a 12-year-old was driving.
Nacogdoches police Sgt...
Wyoming legalizes same-sex marriage
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is now allowing and recognizing same-sex marriages.
Attorneys for the state filed notice Tuesday morning that they would not challenge a federal judge's ruling striking down a Wyoming law defining marriage as between a man and a woman...
American Jeffrey Fowle released from North Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans being held in North Korea, has been released.
State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Fowle was home Tuesday after negotiators left Pyongyang...
Houston furniture dealer pays for Astros success
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros' improvement from baseball's worst team with 111 losses to a 70-win season this year has cost Houston furniture mogul Jim McIngvale more than $4 million.
The man known in Houston as "Mattress Mack" last spring offered to reimburse the first 500 customers who spent more than $6,300 on furniture if the Astros won 63 games — matching the age McIngvale turne