By MARI YAMAGUCHI   TOKYO — The world’s oldest person says 117 years doesn’t seem like such a long time. Misao Okawa, the daughter of a kimono …

By CARLA K. JOHNSON CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago company called PharmaCann took on a bigger role in Illinois’ medical marijuana industry Monday, confirming it would …

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The new director of Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange is making a case for keeping the state-run marketplace, as some …

By GARY FINEOUT and KAREEM COPELAND   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The student code of conduct hearing involving Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston began Tuesday, approximately two years …

LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — Alcorn State University will be the third four-year college in Mississippi to waive out-of-state tuition for all nonresident students. Delta State University …

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) —Prosecutors have filed another charge against a substitute teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student in a northern New Jersey school district …