Vermont gets respite from flood warnings as US senator pushes for disaster aid package
LYNDON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont residents awakened Thursday to a quieter weather forecast with no flood warnings following another round of destructive storms, as...
Fall matchup set between ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat Gloria Johnson and GOP US Sen. Marsha...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a top Republican ally of former President Donald Trump, will square off this fall in Tennessee...
Captain in 2019 scuba boat fire ordered to pay about $32K to families of...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuba dive boat captain was ordered Wednesday to pay about $32,000 in restitution to the families of three of...
Georgia superintendent says Black studies course breaks law against divisive racial teachings
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state superintendent of schools said Wednesday that he believes a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies violates the...
Judge approves settlement in long-running lawsuit over US detention of Iraqi nationals
DETROIT (AP) — A judge approved a settlement Wednesday in a 2017 lawsuit that challenged the detention of Iraqi nationals who were targeted for...
Georgia prosecutors committed ‘gross negligence’ with emails in ‘Cop City’ case, judge says
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge chastised state prosecutors Wednesday for mishandling confidential emails between a defense attorney and three Atlanta activists who face...
Lawyers for Saudi Arabia seek dismissal of claims it supported the Sept. 11 hijackers
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Saudi Arabia argued Wednesday that the country fought against terrorism and al-Qaida, just like the United States, in...
Sonya Massey made multiple 911 calls for mental health crises in days before police...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Sonya Massey, the Black woman who was shot in the face by an Illinois sheriff's deputy after she called 911...
Ex-leaders of Penn State frat where pledge died after night of drinking plead guilty...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The former president and vice president of a Penn State fraternity where pledge Timothy Piazza fell and later died after...
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday the parties in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state, Maui County and utilities are close...