A Houston man was sentenced to five years probation for participating in a rebate scheme that defrauded soda giant Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. of more than $1 million. Joseph...
January 24, 2020
An initiative in Nevada to build more affordable housing has spurred proposals for more than 2,000 new housing units in Reno, but not all have been deemed affordable, city officials...
January 24, 2020
Want to find a legal marijuana shop in California? Grab your smartphone. In another step to curb the state's flourishing illegal pot market, California regulators proposed rules Thursday that would...
January 24, 2020
A judge in North Dakota has dismissed the remaining charge against a South Dakota man who prosecutors alleged was part of the 2016 riot at the Dakota Access pipeline construction...
January 24, 2020
Regent Gerald Whitburn has resigned from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, the UW System announced Thursday. Whitburn notified Gov. Tony Evers and the UW System he is...
January 24, 2020
The Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday requiring public schools to include free menstrual products in their bathrooms. Senate Bill 232 applies to schools that educate fifth-to-12th graders. According...
January 24, 2020
A move by the Trump administration to allow 3D-printed gun files to be released on the internet would make it easier for terrorists and criminals to access weapons, Washington Attorney...
January 24, 2020
The son of former U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins was spared a prison sentence Thursday after pleading guilty in an insider trading conspiracy with his father. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick...
January 23, 2020
A move by the Trump administration to allow 3D-printed gun files to be released on the internet would make it easier for terrorists and criminals to access weapons, Washington Attorney...
January 23, 2020
Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a federal regulation that could allow blueprints for making guns on 3D printers to be...
January 23, 2020
Dairyland Power Cooperative plans to close its coal-fired station in Genoa by the end of 2021. The La Crosse-based utility announced the decision Thursday. The move will end 50 years...
January 23, 2020
An attorney with an Illinois-based group that dismisses human-caused climate change told Idaho lawmakers Thursday that the warming that has occurred has had a net benefit for the state. James...
January 23, 2020
A federal judge in Washington state is considering whether to block President Donald Trump from diverting billions of dollars from military construction projects to build sections of border wall along...
January 23, 2020
Two New York men tailed a car from New York into New Jersey before pulling alongside it on westbound Interstate 80 and firing several shots, killing the driver and wounding...
January 23, 2020
Chicago police have ended a program that sought to predict people most likely to be victims or perpetrators of gun crime, according to a watchdog report released Thursday that warned...
January 23, 2020
Republicans in the Kansas House on Thursday outlined a plan aimed at revitalizing rural areas, helping people to buy their first homes and lowering income taxes for seniors. GOP leaders...
January 23, 2020
A plan to spend an unexpected jump in state tax revenue on college campus construction projects is on its way to Indiana's governor without any of the Democratic proposals to...
January 23, 2020
The Trump administration is making a concession on its proposed minimum fuel economy requirement for new vehicles, but environmental groups and a key Democratic senator complain it does not go...
January 23, 2020
A Greek high court on Thursday rejected Russian bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik's final appeal against his extradition to France, ending a more than two-year legal tug-of-war between three countries...
January 23, 2020
Colorado hospitals' per-patient profits reached their highest levels in a decade in 2018, according to a state report released Thursday that comes amid mounting industry opposition to a public health...
January 23, 2020
Gov. Andy Beshear's administration says it has handed over documents in multiple open records lawsuits that his predecessor, Gov. Matt Bevin, had sought to keep secret. The administration agreed to...
January 23, 2020
Harry Potter and Hulk: Welcome your new neighbors, Mario and Pokemon. A fourth park at Universal Orlando is being created based on characters from Nintendo, the park's owners announced Thursday....
January 23, 2020
The closure of a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation sooner than expected will be a major blow to a region where coal has been a mainstay of the...
January 23, 2020
Maine officials want to close a lobster bait fishery to newcomers while they develop new management, licensing and an enforcement plan. Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Pat Keliher will...
January 23, 2020
A state investigation has been unable to identify the source of a norovirus outbreak that sickened 20 people and led to one death at a restaurant co-owned by a Democratic...
January 23, 2020
Opposition from top Republican lawmakers in Kansas appears to have doomed Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's plan to tax streaming services, e-books, and movie and music downloads like most other states...
January 23, 2020
A secretive meeting this week by the tarmac of Madrid's international airport between two prominent officials from Spain and Venezuela triggered a political storm on Thursday, with conservative parties pressing...
January 23, 2020
New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to require stores and restaurants to accept cash for payment, saying businesses that accept only credit and debit cards are discriminating against New Yorkers...
January 23, 2020
A research center at Colorado State University dedicated to studying the chemical compounds in marijuana and hemp is expected to open this spring, school officials said Thursday. The announcement comes...
January 23, 2020
A bill in Vermont's Legislature would ban the sale of all flavored tobacco and vaping products in an effort to keep young people from getting hooked. The legislation would ban...
January 23, 2020
___ Questions linger over investigation into Jeff Bezos' hacking DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Cybersecurity experts say there are many questions still unanswered from an investigation commissioned by Jeff...
January 23, 2020
Democratic Gov. John Carney is proposing tens of millions of dollars in capital investments to strengthen Delaware's economic infrastructure. In his State of the State address Thursday, Carney called for...
January 23, 2020
Stocks closed mostly higher Thursday as gains in technology and industrial companies offset declines elsewhere in the market. Health care stocks, banks and insurers were among the biggest losers as...
January 23, 2020
Four financially challenged hospitals on Chicago's South Side on Thursday announced tentative plans to merge into a single health care system to serve some of city's poorest communities. The $1.1...
January 23, 2020
Cybersecurity experts said Thursday there were still many unanswered questions from an investigation commissioned by Jeff Bezos that concluded the billionaire's cellphone was hacked, apparently after receiving a video file...
January 23, 2020
For Pete Buttigieg, an appearance before a gathering of the nation's mayors Thursday was a home game. The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was cheered by his former peers...
January 23, 2020
A change in Vermont's clean water fund will save money and improve the ability to acquire property, according to nonprofit land preservation groups. Nonprofits, such as the Vermont Land Trust...
January 23, 2020
Online retailer Hayneedle informed some 200 workers at its Omaha headquarters Thursday that they will soon be out of a job there. Hayneedle's parent company, Walmart, told the Omaha World-Herald...
January 23, 2020
Environmental groups and community activists rallied Thursday at the Iowa Capitol to push lawmakers to consider halting the growth of hog farms in the state. Activists at the rally called...
January 23, 2020
Tougher penalties for Indiana stores caught selling smoking or vaping products to anyone younger than 21 are on their way to becoming law. The Indiana Senate voted 38-9 Thursday in...
