BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Congress are clearing the way for President Donald Trump's plans to expand mining and drilling on public lands by moving to eliminate energy development limits in several Western states. House Republicans on Wednesday night voted largely along ...
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Low water levels brought on by years of drought have revealed a submerged pickup truck containing human remains at Lake Powell near the Arizona-Utah border. Investigators say the truck belonged to a 54-year-old man who has been missing since December 2023. The identity of ...
Shares of American Eagle Outfitters spiked 34% Thursday after the teen clothing retailer said the frenzy surrounding its Sydney Sweeney ad campaign drew new customers during its most recent quarter. American Eagle rolled out its new new ad campaign starring 27-year-old actor over the summer. ...
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Crowded around a workshop table, four girls at de Zavala Middle School puzzled over a Lego machine they had built. As they flashed a purple card in front of a light sensor, nothing happened. The teacher at the Dallas-area school had emphasized that in the building ...
Lawmakers in Missouri are the latest to try to draw a new U.S. House map for the 2026 election that could improve the Republican Party's numbers in Congress. It's a trend that began in Texas, at the behest of President Donald Trump, to try to keep GOP control of the House next year. California ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Carlie was hoping to spend her senior year savoring her final moments on the palm tree-lined campus of the University of Central Florida. Instead, she sits at home alone, logging on to online courses, afraid to leave her apartment and run the risk of being detained by ...
A judge has ruled that Utah lawmakers must proceed with redrawing the state's congressional district map right away, pointing to Texas and California in rejecting their argument that the job can't be done in time for the 2026 midterm elections. The ruling keeps Utah firmly among states where ...
SEATTLE (AP) — The Democratic governors of Washington state, Oregon and California announced Wednesday that they have created an alliance to establish their own recommendations for who should receive vaccines because they believe the Trump administration is putting Americans' health at risk ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are meeting in a special session to redraw the state's U.S. House districts as part of President Donald Trump's effort to bolster Republicans' chances of retaining control of Congress in next year's elections. The special session called by ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti on Tuesday announced a bid for Congress in Pennsylvania, adding yet another competitive Democrat to the 2026 midterm election lineup in a state that gives her party perhaps its best chance to gain multiple seats without redrawing ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food manufacturers on the planet. One of the companies, currently called Global Taste Elevation Co., will include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and ...
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Charles Bierbauer, former CNN correspondent and a past president of the White House Correspondents Association who later became dean of the University of South Carolina's journalism program, has died. He was 83. Bierbauer died Friday at his home in Spruce Pine, North ...
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes' skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island's Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical evidence that might help investigators find her killer, save for a single stray hair. But at the ...
Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural America, hasn't been spared from soaring housing costs. A family gift in 2021 of a small plot of land offered a shot at homeownership, but building a ...
An election to determine whether workers unionize an electric vehicle battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky is in limbo Thursday due to a few dozen disputed ballots that could swing the outcome. The United Auto Workers claimed it secured a narrow victory at the BlueOval SK battery park ...
Alabama and West Virginia mutually agreed to cancel their home-and-home series that had been scheduled for 2026 and 2027, the schools announced Tuesday. Alabama said it was making adjustments to its nonconference schedule in response to last week's announcement that the Southeastern Conference ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Tim Armstead, a West Virginia Supreme Court justice who also served as Republican speaker of the House of Delegates during a 20-year legislative career, died Tuesday, the court announced. He was 60. Armstead died following a brief hospitalization, the court said in a ...
Ballots are being cast Wednesday over a pivotal decision at a Kentucky manufacturing complex that is producing batteries for electric vehicles. Workers will decide whether to join the United Auto Workers and extend a streak of union victories in the South, where organized labor struggled to ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Folarin Balogun was added Wednesday to the U.S. roster for friendlies against South Korea on Sept. 6 at Harrison, New Jersey, and Japan three days later at Columbus, Ohio. He replaced Vancouver's Brian White, who strained a hamstring during Saturday's Major League ...
An Amish woman who told authorities she was testing her faith when she threw her 4-year-old son into an Ohio lake was charged Wednesday with two counts of aggravated murder in the boy's death. Authorities said Ruth R. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio, told investigators she believed she was ...