Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damage
PHOENIX (AP) — The construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump toppled untold numbers of saguaro cactuses in...
Texas heat brings the state’s power grid closest it has been to outages since...
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of...
Slave descendants on Georgia island face losing protections that helped them keep their land
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people who populate a tiny island community are once again fighting local officials who have proposed eliminating...
New Jersey failed veterans in state-run homes hit by dozens of COVID-19 deaths, federal...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Widespread dysfunction at two of New Jersey's state-run veterans homes left them unprepared to protect residents during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Legal sports betting opens to fanfare in Kentucky; governor makes the first wager
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear plunked down a $20 bet Thursday on two home-state college football teams — and against an...
Donors pledge half a billion dollars to boost the struggling local news industry
NEW YORK (AP) — The MacArthur Foundation is leading a group of donors that have pledged $500 million to help the struggling local news...
Search for escaped Pennsylvania murderer enters eighth day
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A murderer who made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard was still on the lam Thursday...
Ta’Kiya Young had big plans for her growing family before police killed her in...
Ta’Kiya Young treated her two little boys like kings, dressing them sharply, letting them have too many sweets, cooking them big gourmet meals of...
Felony convictions vacated for 4 former Navy officers in sprawling ‘Fat Leonard’ bribery scandal
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The felony convictions of four former Navy officers in one of the worst bribery cases in the maritime branch's history...
NBA owner putting millions toward stroke care, health research in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — The family foundation of NBA team owner Dan Gilbert will give nearly $375 million for a 72-bed rehabilitation center for stroke...