New York's governor is offering to allow federal officials access to the state's motor vehicle database but not to drivers' Social Security numbers in an effort to persuade the Trump...
February 21, 2020
The federal government needs to do more to prevent the failure of radioactively contaminated facilities at an aging nuclear weapons production site in Washington state, the Government Accountability Office said...
February 21, 2020
President Donald Trump is apparently not a fan of Oscar winner “Parasite," his biggest complaint being that the movie was made in South Korea. Trump started talking about the Academy...
February 21, 2020
President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he's prepared to tap federal coffers again to help farmers suffering from the tariff fights that he initiated. The Trump administration over the past...
February 21, 2020
Colorado lawmakers have promised more on climate than their policies can deliver, according to an analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund and Boulder-based Western Resource Advocates. The organizations commissioned the...
February 21, 2020
The Coast Guard plans to consolidate its facilities across the South Carolina coast to an old naval shipyard near Charleston and plans to base national security vessels at the new...
February 21, 2020
The state is funneling more economic development dollars to the hemp industry, as another business plans to expand its operations in southern New Mexico. The Economic Development Department said Friday...
February 21, 2020
Just six years ago, the largest cruise companies in the world were racing each other to China, lured by the country's growing middle class. The ships, some custom-built for Chinese...
February 21, 2020
Deere & Co. had a surprisingly strong first quarter after an extended period in which the tractor and construction equipment maker was bruised by the ongoing trade war between the...
February 21, 2020
A major bridge on the Alabama coast was closed for a few hours Friday after being hit by a runaway barge. Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier posted on his Facebook...
February 21, 2020
A former police dispatcher in a small Alaska town filed a lawsuit Thursday, alleging her colleagues in the Nome Police Department didn't investigate after she filed a rape report. Clarice...
February 21, 2020
New Mexico has stopped issuing medical marijuana enrollment cards to people who live outside the state but will soon allow nonresident patients enrolled in other state programs to buy pot....
February 21, 2020
Kansas has dropped the parents of two sisters killed in a crash from a lawsuit seeking to recoup $116,832 for repairs to a highway barrier damaged in the wreck. The...
February 21, 2020
Tom Vilsack, a former Iowa governor and U.S agriculture secretary, will oversee Purdue Pharma's marketing efforts to ensure the OxyContin maker is not overstating the benefits of its opioid painkillers...
February 21, 2020
A top official for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government has hired a Washington law firm that also represents Turkey, taking over from another legal team that backed out last month...
February 21, 2020
If you've read about the NoFap online community in the mainstream media, you may have gotten the idea that they're a bunch of science-denying misogynists. In reality, they're the internet's...
February 21, 2020
The Spokane Tribe of Indians is celebrating the adoption of federal legislation that will compensate the tribe for 2,500 acres of land lost to the reservoir created by Grand Coulee...
February 21, 2020
A Florida woman was arrested at Rhode Island's main airport after Transportation Security Administration officers found a small loaded handgun in her handbag, the agency said. TSA officers at T.F....
February 21, 2020
A top Republican lawmaker in Kansas now running for the U.S. Senate sought an ambassadorship in 2018, calling it “an excellent time” to leave state politics and enlisting help from...
February 21, 2020
An Ohio woman was arrested for calling 911 when her parents cut off her cellphone service, authorities said. Seloni Khetarpal was arrested Feb. 13 by Massillon police and charged with...
February 21, 2020
The Honolulu City Councilhas approved a plan to relocate the Oahu Community Correctional Center. The council unanimously approved a permit to move the facility from Kalihi to Halawa, The Honolulu...
February 21, 2020
The new labor agreement accepted by NFL owners and now being considered by players features a 17-game season, shorter preseason, larger rosters and limits on the number of international games....
February 21, 2020
A jury has convicted a man in a fatal knife attack at a residential care facility in Kenosha in 2015. But rather than being sent to prison, Marcel Kudzin will...
February 21, 2020
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities will use one or more private companies to operate ferries during an ongoing breakdown in state service, the governor said. Republican Gov....
February 21, 2020
Harvard and MIT's hometown will consider applications for recreational marijuana businesses after all. Officials in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced late Thursday that they won't hold off on accepting and processing applicants...
February 21, 2020
Bulgaria's prime minister said Friday that his country will adopt the euro despite a brief delay in its accession process, and added that this required “absolute consensus” in the country....
February 21, 2020
The opioid ‘vending machine' introduced in Vancouver seems like a liberal way to fight the opioid crisis. But like Canada's approach to euthanasia, we may actually be giving up on...
February 21, 2020
The cost of insulin could decrease for diabetes patients and their families after a bill capping copays at $100 a month was advanced by Utah lawmakers. The House Health and...
February 21, 2020
Political leaders and environmentalists who have spent years pushing Ohio to adopt a pollution diet to combat toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie say the state's plan to do just...
February 21, 2020
How much to show and how much not to show, that is the fashion question this season. It may be reductive to say that runway shows are about how women...
February 21, 2020
There was a chorus outside the Broadway Theatre on Thursday at the opening night of a new revival of “West Side Story” but what was being sung was a protest...
February 21, 2020
One person's ‘sexism' may well be another person's habit or learned backwardness from another age. But who will police this if the UK's NHS goes ahead with its plan to...
February 21, 2020
A new survey of bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states suggests they're optimistic about the economy over the next few months, thanks to the signings of...
February 21, 2020
An Indiana woman who had given birth just a few days earlier said her instincts kicked in when she stopped along a highway to help save a driver who was...
February 21, 2020
As a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald Trump promised a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that would use tax incentives to spur private investment in public works projects. He has so...
February 21, 2020
William McRaven, the retired U.S. Navy admiral who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has been chosen to give the 2020 commencement speech at the Massachusetts Institute of...
February 21, 2020
A legal aid group in Thailand says police have arrested a 20-year-old college student for allegedly posting messages on Twitter considered derogatory to the country's monarchy. The group Thai Lawyers...
February 21, 2020
U.S. home sales retreated 1.3% in January from the prior month, but low mortgage rates helped enable an increase in purchases from a year ago. The National Association of Realtors...
February 21, 2020
An international agency monitoring terrorism funding announced tough new financial scrutiny of Iran on Friday and added seven countries to a watch list. Pakistan, meanwhile, won a reprieve from the...
February 21, 2020
Stocks are opening lower again on Wall Street, putting the market on track for a weekly loss after two weeks of gains. Overseas markets were also weaker Friday after a...
