By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing an end, but not without leaving a mark on an already-struggling economy. About 1.25 million federal workers haven't been paid since Oct. 1. ...
By JANIE HAR Associated Press DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a pioneering group that dodged bullets as they hauled packs full of medical supplies and treated the burns and gunshot wounds of ...
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico enacted legislation Monday to provide state funding for food assistance each week past the end of the year if federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program food aid falters. Lt. Gov. Howie Morales signed the bill as ...
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to protect the campers as life-threatening floodwaters approached, families of the victims allege in a ...
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will default to lethal injection. Nichols was sentenced to ...
By AMY TAXIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A bus carrying teens and young adults returning from a church camp in the Southern California mountains lost control and tipped onto its side Sunday night while on the way down a winding mountain road, sending ...
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown stretches on, military advocates are warning of long-lasting effects to National Guard troops and their readiness, while the military services are grappling with an inability to fully discharge active ...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Attorney General's Office has declined to file charges against a northern Idaho sheriff after investigating a turbulent legislative town hall meeting during which a woman was forcibly removed by security dressed in plainclothes. The chaos at the February meeting ...
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown bears and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the southwest part of the state. The groups allege ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said that key Republican ally Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had "lost her way" by saying that he's spending too much time on foreign affairs and should be more focused on inflation. The dispute reflects a fundamental challenge ...
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of trying to burn down a congressman's office earlier this year because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban has pleaded no contest to felony arson. Caiden Stachowicz, 20, of Menasha, entered the plea ...
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago father and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range as they headed grocery shopping over the weekend and happened upon federal immigration agents, the family said. Rafael Veraza said the incident ...
By KATE PAYNE and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after takeoff and narrowly ...
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pardons of dozens of Republicans accused of participating in efforts to overturn the 2020 election are a continuation of President Donald Trump's attempts to rewrite the history about his election ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press A judge on Monday allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 West Virginia National Guard members to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump's push to send the military into Democratic-run cities. Kanawha County Circuit ...
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A woman who was sworn in Monday as a city council member in Bangor, Maine, served time in prison for manslaughter. The election of Angela Walker sparked outrage on conservative social media and concern from some Maine ...
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett warned shareholders Monday that many companies will fare better than his Berkshire Hathaway in the decades ahead because of its massive size though others might say the company's prospects will dim because ...
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart attack, dementia and other serious risks, the Food and Drug Administration announced ...
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Wendy's plans to close hundreds U.S. restaurants over the next few months in an effort to boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing. The Dublin, Ohio-based chain said during a conference call with investors Friday that it planned to ...
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for ...