Which states have the strongest gun laws in 2025? Massachusetts moves up, Louisiana falls
Several states have new gun laws going into effect in 2025. Everytown for Gun Safety released a new ranking Wednesday of the laws in all 50 states.
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Texas could join Louisiana with a law to require the Ten Commandments in classrooms
Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people with different religious traditions
Here are the snow totals for the record-setting winter storm in the southern US
From Florida to Texas, large chunks of the southern United States were blanketed in snow Tuesday during a historic snowstorm.
Frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle
As heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hit parts of the Deep South, a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.
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Philip Carter, former editor and investor in Gambit, Gris-Gris and Maison Blanche, dies
Philip Dutart Carter, the scion of a notable journalism family who invested in alternative weekly newspapers in Louisiana before turning his hand to real estate, died Jan. 5 at his Camden, Maine, home. He was 85. His daughter, Cecilia Carter Monahan, confirmed the death.
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Why Trump Isn’t Stressing About Losing GOP Votes for Hegseth
Even as handicappers adjudged Pete Hegseth ’s confirmation as secretary of Defense to be all but certain, not one but two Republican senators indicated a hard pass on the poorly qualified bad boy from Fox News.
Video roundup: A look at winter weather across the US
From snowball fights with nuns to Texas sledding and furry friends frolicking in the snow, see how people are reacting to winter weather in various parts of the U.S.
How Trump has reshaped the political map
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s.
Airlines cancel flights and Houston airports close ahead of storm
Airports are readying for major disruptions in Texas, Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast before anticipated wintry blast.
Heavy snow and frigid Arctic blast put 70 million across the U.S. under winter storm warnings
Heavy snow is expected to blanket large portions of the Eastern U.S. while much of the country will endure dangerously cold temperatures in the coming days
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Once poised to lead on offshore wind, Maine has stumbled
Maine has a fleeting chance to get back in the race for offshore wind energy in 2025, despite President Trump’s antipathy.
WWII vet known as museum’s ‘living artifact’ turns 103
James Mardin is a World War II veteran who just turned 103 years old. The centenarian likes to hang out at the Maine Military Museum in Portland. The people there know him as a “living artifact.” Mardin joined the National Guard in high school. After guarding guns at Fort Williams, he quickly became bored and decided to go overseas.