A Colorado jail supervisor resigned from a sheriff's office amid allegations he made unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate comments to female inmates, investigative records said. Walter Steven Woods resigned from...
February 9, 2020
A massive firework launched over a Colorado ski resort town has set a record for the world's largest aerial firework. The 2,800-pound (1,270-kilogram) shell flew 2,200 feet (671 meters) above...
February 9, 2020
Northrop Grumman delayed a space station delivery from Virginia on Sunday because of trouble with ground equipment. The company came within two to three minutes of launching a cargo ship...
February 9, 2020
For the first time in years, a commercial passenger plane has flown across the Atlantic in less than five hours. A British Airways flight landed early Sunday morning at Heathrow...
February 9, 2020
The Memphis Grizzlies waived guard Dion Waiters on Sunday, three days after acquiring him from the Miami Heat in a three-team trade also involving the Minnesota Timberwolves. Waiters had been...
February 9, 2020
U.S. Forest Service officials have given conditional approval to a Canadian company to conduct exploratory drilling at 35 sites in Montana's Beartooth Mountains. Vancouver-based Group Ten received authorization for the...
February 9, 2020
Pope Francis called on internet-based companies Sunday to be vigilant about keeping human traffickers from using electronic communications to entrap victims. Francis said during his remarks to the public in...
February 9, 2020
Politicians called for action to make workplaces safer as they gathered Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of a deadly explosion at a Connecticut natural gas plant. The memorial service...
February 9, 2020
Confronted with trillion-dollar-plus deficits for as far as the eye can see, President Donald Trump is offering a budget plan that rehashes previously rejected spending cuts while leaving Social Security...
February 9, 2020
Thousand of janitors and security guards who work at Twin Cities retail stores and office buildings have authorized a strike if the two sides cannot reach an agreement. Members of...
February 9, 2020
Weeks after a divided Louisiana House elected a new Republican speaker whose leadership style was little-known, Clay Schexnayder's financial and appointment decisions are offering a few hints about how he'll...
February 9, 2020
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has ordered a thorough review of spending in the state Department of Corrections, questioning whether money has been wasted in a prison system that has...
February 9, 2020
The coronavirus isn't the only problem for cruise ships owned by South Florida-based cruise lines or their offshoots. Judging from January's cruise ship health inspections, good water, good dishwasher parts...
February 9, 2020
Cyprus won't put its exploratory gas drilling plans on hold despite Turkey's attempt to force the east Mediterranean island nation to halt its activities by conducting its own gas search...
February 9, 2020
Dozens of Detroit high school students have become certified tax preparers and will offer free help to their neighbors starting Monday. About 40 students at Southeastern and Martin Luther King...
February 9, 2020
A South Carolina lawmaker who once had his passenger window shattered by a piece of metal thrown up by a roadside lawn mower is pushing a bill to require contractors...
February 9, 2020
A proposal before Alabama lawmakers would fine people who smoke in a vehicle when a child is present. The bill by Rep. Rolanda Hollis would make it illegal to smoke...
February 9, 2020
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 7 cents per gallon to $2.53 over the past two weeks. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that...
February 9, 2020
An accidental discharge of a gun at a Pennsylvania church on Sunday morning injured two people, church officials said. Officials said the firearm “was accidentally discharged” inside the security office...
February 9, 2020
Princess Cruises' Diamond Princess remains quarantined to Japan after eight passengers with coronavirus were pulled off over two days while Holland America's Westerdam cruises east Asian waters looking for a...
February 9, 2020
Federal investigators trying to determine what caused a small plane to crash in a remote area of northern Georgia have not found any witnesses, a spokesman with the National Transportation...
February 9, 2020
An Iranian rocket failed to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a program the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile...
February 9, 2020
Ohio's first Facebook data center is now up and running, with more investment in the facility on the way. The center in New Albany in suburban Columbus will eventually employ...
February 9, 2020
Some are skeptical about a new psychiatric condition found almost exclusively among children of rejected refugees in Sweden. But Hollywood is lapping it up, even if its coverage will only...
February 9, 2020
Moab tourism officials have launched a marketing campaign that aims to blunt the negative effects of the millions of visitors who visit the southeastern Utah town each year. Moab Area...
February 9, 2020
The Republican primary race in a special election to fill northern Wisconsin's open congressional seat pits a political veteran with deep roots in the sprawling district against a war veteran...
February 9, 2020
Ann Lovell had never owned a passport before last year. Now, the 62-year-old teacher is a frequent flier, traveling every few months to Tijuana, Mexico, to buy medication for rheumatoid...
February 9, 2020
Edward Graves jumped right into the heart of New Mexico as the new CEO/publisher of New Mexico Magazine. He took charge of the state tourism magazine Jan. 6 and soon...
February 9, 2020
Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past decade, sometimes at the suggestion...
February 9, 2020
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is urging people to monitor ice conditions before going onto a frozen lake, particularly after a substantial snowfall. “The recent arrival of new snow...
February 9, 2020
Conservationists at Lake Tahoe have agreed to drop a lawsuit challenging plans to build a 2.2-mile (3.5-kilometer) gondola connecting two ski resorts in exchange for neighboring land purchases and other...
February 9, 2020
Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial has unfolded this month in a 15th-floor courtroom in New York, but its reverberations are being felt far beyond, as his many accusers anxiously await...
February 9, 2020
Growing up on a ranch in rural southeastern Montana provided Dawson Dunning with an important key to a career in filming wildlife — a sharp-tailed grouse mating ground near the...
February 9, 2020
Rhode Island's Senate is considering a package of bills aimed at addressing the rising cost of prescription drugs. Eight bills were introduced this month. They aim to provide a way...
February 9, 2020
Washington state legislators are considering whether to remove “congestion relief” and “improved freight mobility” from their transportation goals, a departure from the American passion to expand highways. House Bill 2688...
February 9, 2020
A cruise ship currently being built in Norway is scheduled to visit the Great Lakes, including a stop at Traverse City in northern Michigan eight times in 2022. About a...
February 9, 2020
Indiana's environmental agency broke its own public comment rules when it issued an air pollution permit for a planned $2.5 billion coal-to-diesel plant, an administrative law judge ruled in siding...
February 9, 2020
A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority employee was killed Saturday in an accident involving a bus, officials said. The incident happened at the Quincy Center Station busway, officials said. The MBTA...
February 9, 2020
Philadelphia's new police commissioner will start work Monday amid a surge in homicides so far this year and calls for action to address ongoing allegations of racism and gender discrimination...
February 9, 2020
The city of Detroit has opened enrollment for an annual summer employment program for young people aged 14-24. Sign up for Grow Detroit's Young Talent runs to May 1. About...
