Congress designating Pulse massacre site a national memorial
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for stronger gun safety measures Wednesday as she marked Congress' passage of legislation designating the site of...
GM to spend more on electric vehicles, add 2 battery plants
DETROIT — General Motors will raise its spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers...
Man arrested in Capitol riot asks to travel to car swap meet
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas man arrested for sitting with his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the...
Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery
PHOENIX — Teresa Marez spent 14 years building a strong clientele base as a hair stylist in San Antonio. When her son, who is...
Mistrial declared in case of University of Tennessee prof
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a former University of Tennessee researcher charged with hiding his...
Amazon allots $300 million for housing near mass transit
ARLINGTON, Va. — Amazon is providing $300 million in low-interest loans to support housing located near mass transit in the Washington, D.C., area and...
Indiana man fatally shot in exchange of gunfire with police
WOLCOTT, Ind. — A man who exchanged gunfire with northwest Indiana police officers sent to arrest him on a warrant was struck by gunfire...
Observer: Georgia county’s elections messy, not fraudulent
ATLANTA — Election processes in Georgia's most populous county were badly managed, sloppy and chaotic, but there was no evidence of fraud, according to...
Town, state jockey over renaming racialized waterway name
TOWNSHEND, Vt. — A Vermont town is divided about renaming a brook that has an outdated, racialized name, though a state agency may ultimately...
NC election bills unlikely to become laws after Senate votes
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Senate Republicans pushed a trio of election measures through their chamber on Wednesday, including one that would prohibit counting...