The State Fair of Texas opens with a new gun ban after courts reject...
DALLAS (AP) — The State Fair of Texas opened Friday under a new firearms ban, having withstood weeks of pressure from Republicans who had...
New Orleans, US Justice Department move to end police department’s consent decree
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to take steps to end...
Rescuers save and assist hundreds as Helene’s storm surge and rain create havoc
Emergency workers in Florida, Georgia and elsewhere rescued hundreds of people from boats, their homes and their cars as Hurricane Helene's winds, rain and...
Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's attorney general has sued Express Scripts, claiming the big pharmacy benefit manager was at the center of an opioid...
University of Wisconsin fires former porn-making chancellor who wanted to stay on as a...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain...
As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds —...
BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) — Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months."That's...
Tropical Weather Latest: Helene weakens into tropical storm over Georgia after landing in Florida
Hurricane Helene weakened into a tropical storm over Georgia early Friday after making landfall overnight in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm. Authorities...
What to know about Hurricane Helene and widespread flooding the storm left across the...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida's sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the...
Abortion-rights groups are courting Latino voters in Arizona and Florida
PHOENIX (AP) — When Lesley Chavez found out she was pregnant at age 16, she saw her daughter as a blessing from God and...
California to apologize for state’s legacy of racism against Black Americans under new law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will formally apologize for slavery and its lingering effects on Black Americans in the state under a new law...
