Centrist challenger ousts progressive prosecutor in DA race in Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, after...
Most in Houston area are getting power back after storm, but some may have...
HOUSTON (AP) — Power was expected to be restored by late Wednesday to nearly all Houston area homes and businesses left in the dark...
NYC vowed to reform its protest policing. A crackdown on a pro-Palestinian march is...
NEW YORK (AP) — When New York City resolved a lawsuit brought by Black Lives Matter demonstrators last year by agreeing to overhaul how...
NYC is beginning to evict some people in migrant shelters under stricter rules
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City stepped up its efforts to push migrants out of its overwhelmed shelters Wednesday as it began enforcing...
New York Senate passes bill to tighten legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to toss...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to explicitly allow evidence of prior sexual offenses in sex...
Wind towers crumpled after Iowa wind farm suffers rare direct hit from powerful twister
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A wind farm in southwest Iowa suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado that crumpled five of the massive,...
Feds face trial over prison guards’ abuse of incarcerated women at now-shuttered California facility
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons will go to trial next year over claims it allowed an environment where guards at...
Michigan farmworker diagnosed with bird flu, becoming 2nd US case tied to dairy cows
A Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows.The male...
Coast Guard says Alaska charter boat likely capsized last year after flooding, killing 5
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A fishing charter boat found partially submerged off an island in southeast Alaska last May likely capsized after its well...
Grizzly that mauled hiker in Grand Teton National Park won’t be pursued
A grizzly bear that attacked a hiker in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park won't be captured or killed by wildlife authorities because it may...
