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  • FILE - In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple-effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
    Recreational pot proposal falls short
    A $150 million-plus effort to allow recreational use of marijuana in Florida fizzled out Tuesday, falling short of the needed 60 percent voter approval and delivering a major victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  • Ulysses Grant Dietz, great-great-grandson of 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, second from right, shares an anecdote with fellow Presidential descendants, left to right, Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of 33rd U.S. President Harry S. Truman; James Earl Carter IV, grandson of 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Massee McKinley, great-great grandson of 22nd and 24th U.S. President Grover Cleveland; Mary Jean Eisenhower, granddaughter of 34th U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Tweed Roosevelt, great-grandson of 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, during the 2025 “Presidential Descendants Forum,” held Saturday, Feb. 15, in Key West. Presented by The Key West Harry S. Truman Foundation in partnership with The Society of Presidential Descendants, the annual event takes place on the tropical grounds of the Harry S. Truman Little White House and is the largest Presidents Day Weekend gathering of presidential descendants in the country. Presidents Weekend events at the Harry S. Truman Little White House are presented with the support of the Monroe County Tourist Development Council. (Photo: Carol Tedesco/TrumanLittleWhiteHouse.org)
    Carter Grandson, five other presidential descendants discuss ancestors and history in Key West
    A forum featuring descendants of six former United States presidents, including grandsons of Jimmy Carter and Harry Truman, highlighted Presidents Day weekend at the Harry S. Truman Little White House in Key West. James Earl Carter IV, Clifton Truman Daniel and other descendants discussed the importance of historical preservation related to presidencies during the forum at the Little White House, now Florida’s only presidential museum.
  • News War: What's Happening to the News?
    Examining the dramatic new challenges facing mainstream media in the 21st century.
  • The New New Deal by Michael Grunwald
    Investigative journalist Mike Grunwald first grabbed the attention of Floridians several years ago with the publication of “The Swamp” a detailed looked…
  • New Bombs Pose New Threat
    With top U.S. lawmakers warning of new terrorism threats, intelligence officials in the U.K. say there remains an enduring threat from bombs made by terrorists in Yemen.
  • New Hosts Jockey To Be The New Oprah
    There are several daytime talk shows starting up, featuring Katie Couric, Steve Harvey and Ricki Lake, among others. TV critic Eric Deggans says they are all still jockeying to be the next Oprah — but there probably won't be another Oprah.
  • Politics In The News: New Hampshire Primary
    Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders hold substantial leads in their parties' polling. On the Republican side, the positioning of second and third-place candidates could be significant as well.
  • New President, 'New Era Of Responsibility'
    Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States Tuesday. He delivered a sober, plain-spoken inaugural address that did not contain the soaring rhetoric that often marked his campaign speeches. He told the crowd, "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility."
  • Just How New Is The 'New' GM?
    During her grilling before Congress, CEO Mary Barra insisted the new GM is different and better than the old GM. But are the company and its cars really new and improved? The answer is complicated.
  • Returning Home to a 'New' New Orleans
    New Orleans is the hometown of our editor, Gwendolyn Thompkins, and she went back recently to to see how the city is making out. With more than 300,000 people gone, she says, New Orleans really is 'new'. She sent back these impressions.
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