US rail industry defends safety record amid staffing cuts
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Even as railroads are operating longer and longer freight trains that sometimes stretch for miles, the companies have drastically r...
Cedar Rapids tries to turn city of stumps into tree oasis
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Until one afternoon last August, Cedar Rapids had always been a lush, leafy island surrounded by a sea of corn and soybeans,...
In rural America, census takers relied more on neighbors
In Alaska, West Virginia and other mostly rural states, census takers relied more on the word of neighbors, landlords and others for information about...
Helpline provides faster mental health care around pregnancy
In an effort to connect women with responsive mental health care in the weeks before and after pregnancy, the state health department and a collaborat...
Israeli strikes kill 33, topple buildings in Gaza City
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 33 people Sunday, medics said, making it th...
Medics: Israeli airstrikes kill 26 in downtown Gaza City
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it th...
Medics: Israeli airstrikes kill 23 in downtown Gaza City
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 23 people on Sunday, medics said, making it...
Israel bombs home of Gaza’s top Hamas leader
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it destroyed the home of Gaza’s top Hamas leader, the third such attack in as many days,...
‘Shocking and horrifying’: Israel destroys AP office in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on Saturday destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press office in the Gaza Strip, despite re...
Republican Arizona election official says Trump “unhinged”
PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican who now leads the Arizona county elections department targeted by a GOP audit of the 2020 election results is slamming f...
‘Sins of our past’: Apologies for 1970 Jackson St. shootings
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and stat...
Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they’re pushing after President Joe Biden’s win in the state last year are desi...
Israeli airstrike on Gaza home kills 10, mostly children
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least 10 Palestinians, mostly children, early Saturday in the deadliest single...
California governor builds big budget plan on one-time cash
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget plan would have California pay to send every 4-year-old to kindergarten, give broke college stude...
Water crisis ‘couldn’t be worse’ on Oregon-California border
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irri...
Newsom’s green budget has something for everyone - even bees
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amid a drought that followed a year of historic wildfires exacerbated by a warming planet, California’s governor on Friday proposed...
$11B for transit would aid bullet train, move Olympic crowds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed spending an additional $11 billion on transportation improvements, much of it for a tro...
City where Daunte Wright shot to vote on policing changes
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April are expected to ...
Oklahoma governor booted from Tulsa Race Massacre commission
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The commission formed to observe the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre announced Friday that it had booted Oklahoma Gov...
Kemp extends Georgia gas tax waiver due to pipeline outage
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday ordered that state taxes on motor fuels remain suspended for another week to offset higher prices aft...
Biden meets DACA recipients in immigration overhaul push
President Joe Biden met Friday with six immigrants who benefited from an Obama-era policy that protected those brought to the U.S. illegally as childr...
Granholm: Normal service at gas pump likely by late Sunday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that force...
Biden cancels Trump’s planned ‘Garden of American Heroes’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday put the kibosh on his predecessor's planned “National Garden of American Heroes" and revoked former Preside...
Review of leases requested after report of unused building
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota state lawmaker said Friday that a news report about expensive but unused office space underscores the need for a revie...
Cuba rolls out mass vaccines while awaiting study results
HAVANA — The jab didn't even hurt, and Mabel Aguilera figures it may finally let her see granddaughters on the other side of Cuba who she hasn't glimp...
Stocks close higher with help from tech, still down for week
Stocks closed higher for the second day in a row but still ended with a weekly loss after three sizable drops earlier in the week. The S&P 500 add...
Internet gambling still strong in NJ even with casinos open
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Internet gambling continued its strong performance in New Jersey in April, even with Atlantic City's nine casinos open for busin...
Flames engulf cargo ship’s remains off US coast; no injuries
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Fire burned Friday inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship being dismantled along the Georgia coast.
Gaetz associate agrees to cooperate in federal investigation
WASHINGTON — A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the federal investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz has agreed to cooperate with feder...
San Francisco streetcars are back but no cable cars yet
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s iconic cable cars remain sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic but officials said Friday the city’s historic streetcar...