WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it Donald Trump's trust-me tour of the Republican establishment.
The lone political survivor of a riotous GOP primary is embarking on another campaign, this time to convince wary Republican leaders to sign on to his improbable turn as their presidential nominee. Trump is seeking to show — not just tell — that he's a conservative who will unite the party and help the GOP hang on to its congressional majorities.
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — When Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart asked the University of Connecticut to provide a guest narrator to read "A Visit From St. Nicholas" during a 2014 holiday concert at the school, he was expecting to get UConn's president or perhaps a distinguished professor.
Instead, the school provided an orange puppet named Skip Toumalou, dressed in a Santa hat, to read the famous poem.
