Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging
President Donald Trump's administration has rolled back environmental protections around future logging projects on more than ...
Judge blocks Trump from dismantling agency that funds community groups in Latin American countries
A federal judge agreed on Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling an independent agency that distributes ...
Verizon offers new perks to woo subscribers in tight market
Verizon and its peers AT&T and T-Mobile are locked in a tight race to win new customers in a saturated market.
Trial begins for Salvadoran fugitive accused in deadly attack of Maryland hiker
A fugitive from El Salvador is on trial in the rape and murder of a Maryland woman who was attacked on a hiking trail in 2023 ...
Trump’s trade wars deepen as China retaliates and markets fall. Here’s what to know
Just days after Trump unveiled sweeping new “reciprocal” tariffs on imports from around the world, China on Friday levied a ...
Idaho governor argues child sex abusers deserve death under state law
Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday defended a new law that expands Idaho’s death penalty, despite prior Supreme Court rulings that ...
Sen. Cory Booker’s marathon speech, one for the ages, met the moment
IN THE NEWS: In a record-breaking, 25-hour Senate speech, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker spoke up for the millions of Americans ...
Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines to fight an ongoing meningitis outbreak
Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in the northern part of the country.
WA House, Senate to negotiate big differences in transportation budget
House approval of a $15.2 billion plan, sets the stage for talks with the Senate, which passed a budget that is bigger by ...
LA County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at juvenile facilities
Officials say Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959.
Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial
A Southeast Louisiana jury ruled oil company Chevron must pay more than $740 million dollars to restore damage it caused to coastal wetlands following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making ...
$2M deal reached in lawsuit over young woman’s death at North Dakota jail in 2020
Lacey Higdem, 19, died of a drug overdose on June 4, 2020, hours after she arrived at the Rolette County Jail in Rolla, according to the lawsuit her mother, Jessica Allen, filed in 2022 against the ...