A Utah city police department is considering a partnership with an artificial intelligence company in an effort to help the law enforcement agency work more efficiently. The Springville police may...
January 14, 2020
More than two dozen Mississippi inmates sued the state Tuesday, saying understaffed prisons are “plagued by violence” and inmates are forced to live in decrepit and dangerous conditions. The federal...
January 14, 2020
The Rhode Island sportsbook made nearly 2 1/2 times more in sports betting revenue last month compared to the previous December, according to a lottery report. A report released Monday...
January 14, 2020
The new chief executive of Arizona Public Service said Tuesday the state's largest electric company will not spend money to influence elections for the company's regulators on the Corporation Commission....
January 14, 2020
Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, the longest-serving legislator in Oregon history, is in a Portland hospital after experiencing severe hip pain. Courtney's office in the Oregon State Capitol said Tuesday...
January 14, 2020
A state panel agreed Tuesday to pay more than $400,000 after a judge found a worker at an Iowa care center was the victim of disability discrimination. The State Appeal...
January 14, 2020
A Romanian-born former employee at Volvo was left out of business talks, turned down for a promotion and ultimately fired because he wasn't Swedish, according to a lawsuit. Luke Diventi...
January 14, 2020
A Place for Mom, a senior care referral service, plans to hire more than 600 people in the next five years and build a new Overland Park office, the Seattle-based...
January 14, 2020
South Dakota taxpayers will pay nearly $115,000 in lawyer fees to plaintiffs who challenged an initiated measure that prohibited ballot question committees from accepting out-of-state money. The measure, passed by...
January 14, 2020
Minnesota pollution regulators have found foam containing potentially harmful “forever chemicals” from two creeks in the eastern Twin Cities. Elevated levels of the industrial compound known as PFAS turned up...
January 14, 2020
An official investigation into reports of large drones flying in groups over the western U.S. plains in the hours after sunset has confirmed nothing illegal or out of the ordinary,...
January 14, 2020
Four years after the pilot program launched in the city, state treasurer Deborah Goldberg visited Worcester Thursday to promote the rollout of the now-statewide BabySteps college savings program. The new...
January 14, 2020
The University of Connecticut, one of many public research schools across the country facing lower government funding, released a report Tuesday saying it generates about $5.3 billion for the state...
January 14, 2020
Four faculty members have left the University of Florida as the school and federal government investigate foreign exploitation of American-funded medical research. Two researchers from the College of Engineering and...
January 14, 2020
Montana lawmakers and members of the public weighed in Tuesday on whether the Legislature should switch to annual 45-day sessions rather than meeting every other year for 90 days, as...
January 14, 2020
The “Jeopardy!” tournament matching the game show's three most accomplished and well-known players has proven to be a big hit for ABC, which clearly hopes the competition goes on as...
January 14, 2020
Pistons guard Derrick Rose was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for tossing a pen across the court during the end of Detroit's loss to New Orleans. With 37...
January 14, 2020
About a dozen Kentucky coal miners remained on train tracks Tuesday, saying they haven't been paid for producing the coal in the train cars. The tracks lead from Quest Energy...
January 14, 2020
The Philadelphia Inquirer announced Tuesday that Lisa Hughes, a member of the company's board and former publisher of The New Yorker, will take over as publisher next month. She will...
January 14, 2020
Two methods to bring in millions of dollars to pay for maintaining Idaho's roads gained traction with lawmakers on Tuesday. The House Transportation and Defense Committee voted to send to...
January 14, 2020
Stock indexes closed unevenly on Wall Street Tuesday as losses in technology companies outweighed gains elsewhere in the market. A published report indicating that an interim trade deal between the...
January 14, 2020
January 12, 2020 The (Champaign) News-Gazette Property-tax flop is no surprise A month ago, legislators were promising to produce by Dec. 31 a blockbuster report that would recommend how to...
January 14, 2020
___ US-China pact signing to ease tension but leave much undone WASHINGTON (AP) — After 18 months of economic combat, the United States and China are to take a step...
January 14, 2020
Ivanka Trump says the White House is committed to ending human trafficking, which she called “modern day slavery." President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser made the comments during a trip...
January 14, 2020
A Detroit-area man has received a second life sentence for a second workplace shooting nearly two years ago. Vernest Griffin, 47, of Sterling Heights was sentenced Monday to life in...
January 14, 2020
A new proposal designed to lower property taxes while boosting aid for public schools won public support Tuesday from a majority of Nebraska lawmakers on a key legislative committee. Six...
January 14, 2020
Michigan on Tuesday sued 3M, DuPont and other companies for financial damages from contamination caused by potentially harmful “forever" chemicals that are turning up in drinking water across a state...
January 14, 2020
Las Vegas-area teachers want to ask Nevada voters to approve a state constitutional amendment to hike taxes on the largest casinos in the state to raise as much as $315...
January 14, 2020
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday: Delta Air Lines Inc., up $1.96 at $61.45. The airline beat Wall Street's fourth-quarter profit forecasts following a strong holiday travel...
January 14, 2020
The average pay for America's private university presidents grew by 10.5% in 2017, with dozens receiving more than $1 million and three topping the $5 million mark, according to an...
January 14, 2020
A North Carolina man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for roaming neighborhoods after dark, stealing mail from mailboxes and then cashing thousands of dollars in pilfered...
January 14, 2020
Proposed changes to a decades-old settlement between Maine and American Indian tribal groups could give the tribes more authority in long-debated subjects such as gambling and fishing rights. A task...
January 14, 2020
Republicans controlling the Senate are taking advantage of delays in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial to speed up a vote on a modified North American trade pact. Thursday's expected vote...
January 14, 2020
St. Louis's elected top prosecutor says the city, its police union and others violated a Civil War-era law by allegedly engaging in a racist conspiracy to force her from office...
January 14, 2020
Aberdeen American News, Jan. 11 Some good news about industrial hemp It's nice to kick off the legislative session with a bit of news that could be a boon to...
January 14, 2020
Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee told a joint session of the Legislature Tuesday that Washington state must act now to reduce the number of people who are living without permanent shelter....
January 14, 2020
Florida lawmakers signaled that they would likely tackle education spending and health care costs but might seek to avoid a battle over forcing employers to verify the immigration status of...
January 14, 2020
Allegiant Air announced Tuesday it will add three new nonstop flights — to Memphis, Tennessee; Austin, Texas; and Chicago — from the Des Moines International Airport. The added flights are...
January 14, 2020
It's been over seven years, Katherine Frederick says, since she was fired from her job at New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services over breastfeeding, and she still hopes...
January 14, 2020
Amazon said it will allow its third-party sellers to start using FedEx's ground service again after banning them from using it for about a month during the busy holiday shopping...
