By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal safety agency investigating an August blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that left two workers dead said it found a series of incomplete, outdated or inadequate procedures and practices that "exposed" employees to the ...
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press A grand jury indicted an Arizona man on two counts of first degree felony murder and dozens of other charges stemming from a state helicopter crash that killed the pilot and a trooper during a shootout between the defendant and police, authorities said ...
By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the arid, cracked desert ground in Southern California, a tiny bee pokes its head out of a hole no larger than the tip of a crayon. Krystle Hickman crouches over with her specialized camera fitted to capture the minute details of the ...
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former high-ranking official in the New York Police Department has been charged with accepting $35,000 in cash, luxury travel perks and other bribes from a Florida businessman seeking to sell panic buttons to the city's public schools ...
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press MERAUX, La. (AP) — Across the calm waters behind a pumping station near Lake Borgne, hundreds of saplings stand out in the mist, wrapped in white plastic cylinders. To get there and to other sites like it, organizers have ferried dozens of volunteers ...
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The chilling videos of a masked man outside Nancy Guthrie's home in Arizona before she vanished show just glimpses of the suspect, but for investigators they hold a mountain of clues. And those images — from the suspect's gloves to his flashlight — ...
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump has played many roles. Real estate developer. Marketing extraordinaire. Reality TV host. Candidate. President — twice. Another part has been constant through all of them: plaintiff. Trump both threatens lawsuits and files ...
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Virginia voters will get to cast ballots on a congressional redistricting plan benefiting Democrats while a court battle plays out over the legality of the effort. The Virginia Supreme Court said Friday that a statewide referendum can be held April 21 on ...
By RACHEL BECKER/CalMatters CalMatters Just weeks after a mountain lion wandered into San Francisco, state officials voted to permanently protect populations of the charismatic predators that prowl the coastal mountains between the Bay Area and the Mexican border. Mountain lions are one ...
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their communities have come to rely on and that has run ...
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco teachers reached a tentative agreement Friday with the school district to end their strike, the first such walkout in nearly 50 years. San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su said schools will ...
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is suing Harvard University, saying it has refused to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions. In a ...
By STEVE PEOPLES and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans may be willing to stick with President Donald Trump through almost anything, but his recent push to seize control of Greenland has turned off many in his own party, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The ...
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with the sharp cost increases of the past five ...
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Wendy's is closing several hundred U.S. restaurants and increasing its focus on value after a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter. The Dublin, Ohio-based company said Friday that its global same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, ...
By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARK ANDERSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned five former professional football players — one posthumously — for various crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking. The pardons were announced by White House ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs on Friday pleaded not guilty to felony strangulation and other criminal charges stemming from an alleged dispute with his personal chef. Massachusetts Dedham District Court Judge Jeanmarie ...
By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer In one testimonial after another, teachers detailed all the ways President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has shaped their work and the lives of their students. In a court filing Thursday, educators around the country described rumors of ...
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation. SpaceX launched the replacements as soon as possible at NASA's ...
By ALEX ROZIER/Mississippi Today North Mississippi senators pleaded for an improved disaster response from the state Thursday as thousands of their constituents still lacked power nearly three weeks after the January winter storm. Sen. Rita Potts Parks, a Republican from Corinth, ...