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Colorado grocers can soon offer full-strength beer

DENVER (AP) — Starting Jan. 1, you can buy fullstrength beer at grocery and convenience stores in Colorado for the first time. The change is part of an overhaul approved

More sleep in Seattle: Later school start helps kids get zzzz’s

SEATTLE (AP) — High school students are getting more sleep in Seattle, say scientists studying later school start times. Teenagers wore activity monitors to find out whether a later start

With OK from Congress, US hemp market set to boom

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hemp is about to get the nod from the federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves. A provision of the farm bill that received

Panel hears of Native women’s deaths, disappearances

The sister of a missing Blackfeet woman in Montana expressed frustration Wednesday over law enforcement’s initial response to her loved one’s disappearance, telling U.S. senators that numerous Native American families

Mystery donor gives museum $40M painting

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An iconic masterpiece painted to celebrate U.S. expansion across the American continent has a new home, one that promises to add historical context and the Native

Elderly man evicted over medical marijuana hits another snag

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A 78-year-old New York man who was evicted from federally subsidized housing because he uses medical marijuana for pain said Tuesday that the conflicting state

Boy Scouts exploring ‘all options’ to address fiscal woes

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America says it is exploring “all options” to address serious financial challenges, but is declining to confirm or deny a report that

Pentagon: NKorea slow to negotiate over US war remains

WASHINGTON (AP) — Months after the White House raised hopes for bringing home thousands of U.S. battlefield remains from North Korea, the returns have stalled. Detailed negotiations on future recovery

OPEN FOR WINTER

“In a sense,” reads Yellowstone National Park’s website, “coming during winter resembles visiting before the age of automobiles.” It’s an enticing offer, these days, when more than 2 million vehicles

Virgin Galactic rocket ship reaches space in test flight

MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the