A prominent Las Vegas businessman faces years in prison after pleading guilty in a deadly DUI case. Real estate broker Scott Gragson pleaded guilty Friday to charges of DUI causing...
February 29, 2020
A measure to impose a 5% statewide lodging tax appears likely to pass the Wyoming Legislature after the state Senate approved it. The Senate, which defeated a similar bill last...
February 29, 2020
Lawmakers and the governor are entering their last month of negotiations over the proposed $178 billion state budget as they face calls to address the fate of pot sales, rising...
February 29, 2020
The Detroit Police Department has launched a $500,000 advertising blitz for its latest recruiting campaign as the department seeks to add 400 new officers to the city's police force. The...
February 29, 2020
Maine's annual conference about grain production will put a focus on growing malt barley varieties for local brewers. The Maine Grain Conference is scheduled to take place on March 13...
February 29, 2020
In an unusual divorce case, a woman has been awarded not only half of the assets she and her husband owned, but also a large payout for potential earnings she...
February 29, 2020
Eight Alaska school districts have received about $4.5 million to replace dozens of diesel school buses with clean-burning buses under the Volkswagen Settlement School Bus Replacement Program. The Alaska Energy...
February 29, 2020
Idaho lawmakers have rejected legislation raising the legal smoking age to 21. The Idaho Senate rejected the bill with a 22-10 vote on Thursday. President Donald Trump and the Food...
February 29, 2020
The outlook on Detroit's debt has been upgraded from “stable” to “positive” by Moody's Investors Service. The adjustment means the city's finances are pointing in a positive direction and there...
February 29, 2020
In the end, Cpl. Ray Barela wasn't alone. Hundreds crowded the small chapel Friday at the Oregon Trail Veterans Cemetery to honor the 101-year-old Marine, who'd told friends he had...
February 29, 2020
A south-central Idaho school district is freezing most spending through June due to a $1.4 million budget shortfall. The Twin Falls School District says a drop in student numbers meant...
February 29, 2020
Smart young woman suffers existential crisis and Memphis gains a beloved bakery: That's the Kat Gordon story in a dozen words, but we're not, of course, going to stop there....
February 29, 2020
A one-sided battle is brewing along the county line. Ted Simmons dreams of one day turning his land in unincorporated northwest Weld County over to his kids and his grandkids....
February 29, 2020
The number of confirmed cases of mumps at a Colorado ski resort has risen to 26, an outbreak that now includes two people who aren't employees of the resort, health...
February 29, 2020
An Alaska whaling captain was sentenced to three months in federal prison, a year of parole and a $4,500 fine after he fatally shot a polar bear and left the...
February 29, 2020
Concord Coach Lines is the latest company to announce it will no longer allow immigration officers onto buses unless they have a warrant. The New Hampshire company's decision on Friday...
February 29, 2020
Reno officials are looking at raising parks and recreation fees to help with the $2.7 million the city's department has to pay in raises to minimum wage employees in the...
February 29, 2020
Staffing levels for screeners at Atlanta's airport are prompting some to fear it will lead to long lines. The concerns stem from a hiring freeze and restrictions on overtime for...
February 29, 2020
When Lynnwood resident Aristotle Roberts arrived at Paine Field at 3:12 p.m. on Monday from San Francisco International Airport, he was greeted with a bottle of Champagne as he became...
February 29, 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday announced a 270 billion yen ($2.5 billion) emergency economic package to help fight the coronavirus as he sought the public's support for his...
February 29, 2020
Drivers in New Jersey are seeing gas prices tick up a bit as drivers around the nation as a whole benefit from a slight decrease. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average...
February 29, 2020
From the perspective of teens, TikTok is a major new outlet for self-expression, one proudly home to the silly, the loud and the weird. To others, the Chinese-owned online video...
February 29, 2020
A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts was blocked and then reinstated by a court in the...
February 29, 2020
Voting has begun in the “Makers Madness” contest to determine the “Coolest Thing Made in Illinois.” The contest sponsored by the Illinois Manufacturers' Association is a bracket-style tournament to highlight...
February 29, 2020
Cook County public defenders and law clerks may receive $14 million as part of a lawsuit alleging that they were subjected to a hostile work environment that involved inmates masturbating...
February 29, 2020
A once segregated West Baltimore school where future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall received his early education is set to receive a $6 million makeover, turning it into a...
February 29, 2020
It has been more than four years since journalist Alison Parker, doing a live television interview in southern Virginia, was killed when a former colleague walked up and shot her...
February 29, 2020
With deadlines nipping at their heels, Florida lawmakers are turning their attention next week to hammering out a state budget and possibly handing Gov. Ron DeSantis a major policy victory...
February 29, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak's impact on the world economy grew more alarming on Saturday, even after President Donald Trump denounced criticism of his response to the threat as a “hoax" cooked...
February 29, 2020
Connecticut environmental officials are asking for the public's help in finding bobcat tracking collars that have been programmed to fall off as part of one of the largest studies of...
February 29, 2020
A Boston hospital has agreed to improve access to its facilities for people with disabilities as a result of a federal Americans with Disabilities Act compliance review, the U.S. Justice...
February 29, 2020
President Donald Trump has not proved to be the bearer of reliable information when calamity threatens and people want straight answers about it. That's happening again as he addresses the...
February 29, 2020
An offshore wind developer is opening a hub in Providence that its executives hope will help accelerate the takeoff of the industry in the United States. Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind,...
February 29, 2020
With the viral outbreak spreading to more countries, the price of oil has dropped precipitously as global demand weakens even further. That has sent shares tumbling for oil giants like...
February 29, 2020
A U.S. government advisory urging Americans to reconsider travel to Italy due to the spread of a new virus is the “final blow” to the nation's tourism industry, the head...
February 29, 2020
The Latest on the Democratic presidential primary contest (all times local): 7:15 a.m. Polls are opening across South Carolina as Democrats make their selections in the state's presidential primary. Voting...
February 29, 2020
To state the obvious, the stock market is a little scary these days. A viral outbreak has spread to nearly 60 countries and shows little sign of abating. That in...
February 29, 2020
“Moonlight” helped cast a national glow on Miami's Liberty City neighborhood when it won the Oscar as the best film of 2016. Filmmaker Barry Jenkins and playwright/actor Tarell Alvin McCraney...
February 29, 2020
The forest explodes with angry shrieks, grunts and squeals as monkeys fight near the banks of the Silver River, defending their space in an increasingly crowded habitat not their own....
February 29, 2020
Snake River Animal Shelter's Idaho K9 Academy will soon break ground on a new training facility. After receiving a $100,000 grant from the Cross Foundation, they have been able to...
