Politics

Arizona's attorney general has obtained an injunction against a New Jersey-based vaping company he recently sued that bars the company from marketing or selling any of its products in the...

The Navajo Nation and New Mexico's San Juan County have entered into an agreement to pursue a freight railroad to serve the Four Corners area. Thursday's agreement means cooperation between...

Wood barriers will be placed beneath a bridge over U.S. 127 near Mason after a woman was injured when concrete fell from a bridge and broke through her windshield, Michigan...

California sued the Trump administration on Thursday to block new rules that would let farmers take more water from the state's largest river systems, arguing it would push endangered populations...

The political impasse that has paralyzed Haiti is sending its economy deeper into recession, with 4.6 million people needing humanitarian aid — and there is no immediate end in sight,...

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points and 16 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks routed the Detroit Pistons 126-106 on Thursday night. The Bucks led 70-41 at halftime and by as many...

Legislators voted to endorse a bill to require the state to cancel and potentially renegotiate a lease for Central Maine Power's proposed $1 billion transmission project. The Legislature's Agriculture, Conservation...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants state agencies to review contracts with additional private agencies after ordering an investigation last week into a nonprofit domestic abuse agency whose CEO had received...

The salvage firmthat hasplucked silverware, china and gold coins from the wreckage of the Titanic now wants to recover the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Machine that transmitted the doomed ship's increasingly...

The same media that flogged the insane ‘Russiagate' conspiracy theory for years are resurrecting that particular dead horse, in what appears to be an effort to stop the White House...

Russia is poised to invade Ireland and seize control of global communications, according to a crew of Cold War relics and professional Russophobes who've taken an alreadyabsurd James Bond-esque story...

Mike Bloomberg's name last appeared on a ballot a decade before #MeToo transformed cultural mores surrounding sexual harassment and the treatment of women. As he campaigns for the presidency, the...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it plans to regulate two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds in the drinking water amid growing concerns the chemicals found in everything from pizza...

Time Warner Cable will pay $18.8 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed it misled more than 170,000 California customers who paid for high-speed internet service that they didn't receive,...

A passenger train derailed in southeastern Australia, killing two operators and injuring several other people, police said. The train was heading from Sydney to Melbourne late Thursday when it came...

Job wanted: Ex-governor and ex-con with strong speaking skills and good hair seeking employment. Fresh out of prison thanks to a commutation this week from President Donald Trump, former Illinois...

After Gulf of Mexico charter boat captains stayed within federal limits for red snapper, regulators are making permanent a rule that lets them catch more of the fish. The rule...

Republicans on Thursday called it “shameful” that Gov. J.B. Pritzker is floating a budget plan that ties more than 40% of promised education funding to voter approval of his coveted...

The brother of Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher and nine others, including a police officer, have been charged with operating an offshore sports gambling business, federal prosecutors...

Colorado legislators declined to advance a bill meant to protect employees from being fired for using marijuana during their personal time. The 10 members of the House Business Affairs and...

A marijuana company has proposed opening a cannabis dispensary on the same Chicago block as an addiction treatment center that serves about 500 people daily. The dispensary proposed by NuMed...

A former Franklin business owner was sentenced Thursday to 72 years in prison for killing his two employees and burning their bodies in a fire pit. Matthew Neumann, 44, maintained...

The Arkansas Highway Commission on Thursday named a longtime state Transportation Department employee as the first woman to lead the agency. The commission named Lorie Harris Tudor as the department's...

California will spend $50 million for literary instruction at dozens of poor performing schools to settle a civil rights lawsuit that claimed the state hasn't done enough to help students...

Facing criticism that he broke a campaign promise to teachers, Gov. John Bel Edwards reversed course Thursday and proposed a reworked K-12 budget proposal that would include a direct $500...

Some South Carolina residents deliberately caused hit-and-run accidents while in Uber rides as part of an insurance scam, a car insurance company says in a lawsuit. The lawsuit from James...

Leaders of the Minnesota Senate's GOP majority proposed Thursday to give the state's projected $1.3 billion budget surplus back to taxpayers with a package of income and other permanent tax...

___ Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade for $13 billion NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Stanley is buying E-Trade Financial for $13 billion in stock. The deal announced Thursday combines an...

A Michigan agency asked DTE Electric Co. on Thursday to revise its strategy for generating power over the next 15 years. The state Public Service Commission requested more information about...

Can a socialist own a summer house? That's the question unabashed capitalist billionaire Mike Bloomberg — who himself owns about a dozen homes — posed as he tried to brand...

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation will add 155 electric buses to the city's fleet over the next two years, officials said Thursday. The department said 130 of the vehicles...

Washington lawmakers are more than halfway through their 60-day legislative session, clearing a key deadline for policy bills and receiving good news on the revenue front ahead of the release...

New York's attorney general announced plans Thursday to sue New York City for $810 million for inflating the price of taxi medallions, which were marketed as a sure-fire investment before...

A Wyoming-based fast food company is attempting to revamp its branding and expand the franchise as it adds new stores and remodels older ones. Taco John's International Inc. launched what...

After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates cleared a historic hurdle Thursday when the Kentucky House voted to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes. The measure won House...

Kia is joining its affiliate Hyundai in recalling thousands of vehicles in the U.S. because water can get into a brake computer, cause an electrical short and possibly a fire....

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday: Domino's Pizza Inc., up $76.06 to $373.16 The pizza chain reported a surprising rise in a key sales measure and beat...

U.S. stocks spun lower in a dizzying day of trading Thursday as worries about the viral outbreak that started in China knocked the S&P 500 off its record high. The...

For the sixth time, Miami's planning board stymied a massive and massively controversial plan that would raze more than 22 acres of apartments on the edge of Little Haiti and...

The United States is experiencing historical prosperity and the federal judiciary is being transformed with the appointment of conservative judges, Idaho's two U.S. senators said Thursday. Republican U.S. Sens. Mike...