Politics

Senate leaders and the Trump administration have reached an election-year deal to double spending on a popular conservation program and devote more than a $1 billion a year to clear...

The Arctic is fast emerging as the 21st century Klondike, with the region's states in a race to tap its resources — but with support from Russia, India could be...

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego's fellow City Council members unanimously agreed Wednesday to back her idea for a comprehensive study of what she says is a crisis of homelessness in the...

Major League Baseball has proposed banning player access to video during games, according to New York Yankees pitcher Zack Britton, but the union wants to allow it with protections that...

New Mexico's governor signed a bevy of health-related bills Wednesday that include consumer financial protections to ensure access to insulin for diabetics and new possibilities for state-marketed insurance plans that...

Bernard Madoff should not be released early from prison even if kidney disease kills him within months, prosecutors said Wednesday as they cited the scope and magnitude of his decades-long...

An advocacy group is going to court to force the state to put more money into classrooms, filing a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Nevada education officials of chronically under-funding overcrowded and...

North Dakota regulators voted Wednesday to reject a permit for a proposed wind farm in Ward and McLean counties. The Public Service Commission denied the permit for Southern Power's Ruso...

Texas Instruments has canceled its March 13-15 Teachers Teaching with Technology International Conference because of coronavirus concerns. The annual conference draws teachers from across the nation who learn how to...

A chest of drawers is the bedroom furniture piece where a child puts stickers and learns about organizing clothes. It shouldn't be a threat to a child's health or life,...

A lawyer for the Boy Scouts of America apologized to victims of sexual abuse by scout leaders Wednesday before the selection of an official committee to represent tort claimants in...

House lawmakers plan to turn their attention to the check residents receive from Alaska's oil-wealth fund and begin reviewing proposals that would change how the Permanent Fund dividend is calculated....

Former Indiana House Speaker Patrick is about to cast his final votes as he wraps up a 50-year lawmaker career that's made him the longest-serving member in the Legislature's history....

Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to shield people from prosecution if they break into a locked car to save a child's life. The measure won first-round approval, 38-0, in...

Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally has introduced long-promised legislation aimed at reducing drug prices, particularly for seniors on Medicare, as she ramps up a tough election campaign in which health...

A $15 billion bond to renovate California's aging schools trailed in election returns Wednesday, but the gap was expected to close as several million outstanding votes were counted. Proposition 13,...

A $15 billion bond to renovate California's aging schools trailed in election returns Wednesday, but the gap was expected to close as several million outstanding votes were counted. Proposition 13,...

Casey Urlacher, the brother of Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging he was part of an offshore sports gambling business....

A former journalism professor at the University of Missouri claims in a lawsuit that she was dismissed from the university's School of Journalism because of her sex and age. According...

The Virginia Senate on Wednesday approved a bill over the objections of Dominion Energy that would restore state regulators' oversight of how electric utilities can write off certain costs, the...

___ Stocks soar on plans for more stimulus measures, Biden wins NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,100 points, or 4.5%, Wednesday as governments...

Florida sued a non-profit domestic violence agency Wednesday, claiming its board members and executives deliberately hid exorbitant salaries, bonuses and other compensation. The lawsuit filed by the Department of Children...

New Jersey's average property tax bill climbed 2% in 2019 to $8,953, according to data released Wednesday by Gov. Phil Murphy's administration. Murphy, a Democrat, said in a statement that...

United Airlines will reduce flights, freeze hiring and ask employees to volunteer for unpaid leave as the airline struggles with weak demand for travel because of the new virus outbreak....

The West Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday passed an admittedly flat budget that funds an intellectual disability treatment program as well as a second mentorship school for at-risk teens....

An Alabama man was killed while cleaning equipment at a chicken processing plant, authorities said. Barbour County Coroner Chip Chapman identified the man as Carlos Lynn, 39, of Eufaula, news...

A veteran House Democrat and a first-term Senate Republican in the North Carolina legislature won't be returning after this year because they lost their primary races. First-time candidate Kimberly Hardy...

Federal health officials said Wednesday they are helping North Carolina identify passengers aboard a plane with a man who tested positive for coronavirus. Top federal officials met Wednesday morning with...

Opponents of a proposed $1 billion transmission line aimed at bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England grid have cleared a hurdle to the state ballot. Election officials certified 69,714...

The number of skiers and subsequent crowds at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado has declined since last ski season, a report said. Chief Operating Officer Alan Henceroth said the...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 4 The Washington Examiner on President Donald Trump's peace deal with Afghanistan: Many will welcome the United States-Taliban...

A series of changes in California meant to boost voter turnout and smooth its new Super Tuesday primary election led to a surge in last-minute voters, computer problems and short-staffing...

When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialog about the narrative, which follows a Mexican mother and her...

The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved legislation Wednesday to have the comptroller general of the U.S. study baseball's minor leagues, which are trying to fend off a contraction proposal...

Ecola means “whale” in the Chinook Wawa trade language — and, much like a whale, sections of Ecola State Park are heading out to sea. The park remains closed indefinitely...

The blue wave that solidified Democrats' hold on the Indianapolis city government in last year's local election isn't sitting well with Republicans who dominate the Indiana Statehouse. Republicans are using...

A Georgia county has opted to ditch the state's new voting machines and switch to hand-marked paper ballots during early voting for the March presidential primary, despite a warning from...

Stocks soared on Wall Street Wednesday as governments and central banks around the globe took more aggressive measures to fight the virus outbreak and its effects on the economy. Health...

It's back to normal for political reporters at Bloomberg News now that company founder Mike Bloomberg has dropped out of the presidential race. John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief at Bloomberg News, disclosed...

A bill approved by Georgia's state House on Wednesday would restrict what one lawmaker called “heinous” practices by pharmacy benefit managers — companies that run prescription drug coverage for insurers...